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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCormick, Stacie Selmon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : Ohio State University Press, 2019.
Series:Black performance and cultural criticism.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, amongst others"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (153 pages)
ISBN:0814277101
9780814277102

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