Staging Black Fugitivity

"Argues that contemporary black dramas use the slave past to complicate views of the history of slavery, the realities of racial progress, and black subjectivity. McCormick analyzes work by August Wilson, Suzan-Lori Parks, Tanya Barfield, Lorraine Hansberry, Lydia Diamond, Robert O'Hara, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCormick, Stacie Selmon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Ohio State University Press, 2019.
Colección:Black performance and cultural criticism.
Temas:
American drama > African American authors > History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
African Americans > Race identity.
Racism in literature.
Théâtre américain > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Noirs américains > Identité ethnique.
Racisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
African Americans > Race identity
American drama > African American authors
Racism in literature
Slavery in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A body without a nation
  • Mapping fugitivity in Black drama
  • Fugitive acts
  • Performing escape
  • Fugitive intimacies
  • Epilogue: Contemplating and complicating Black freedom.

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