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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 December 2012
      25 October 2012
      ISBN:
      9781139062107
      9781107017122
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CCO9781139062107
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 313 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest, American Theatre, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest, American Theatre, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of African American theatre, from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Along the way, it chronicles the evolution of African American theatre and its engagement with the wider community, including discussions of slave rebellions on the national stage, African Americans on Broadway, the Harlem Renaissance, African American women dramatists, and the 'New Negro' and 'Black Arts' movements. Leading scholars spotlight the producers, directors, playwrights and actors whose efforts helped to fashion a more accurate appearance of black life on stage, and reveal the impact of African American theatre both within the United States and further afield. Chapters also address recent theatre productions in the context of political and cultural change and ask where African American theatre is heading in the twenty-first century.

    Awards

    Winner of the 2014 Excellence in Editing Award, Association for Theatre in Higher Education

    Reviews

    'The contributors do not hesitate to question some of the established definitions or to defend original assumptions in order to generate debate and stimulate new discussions.'

    Source: Cercles

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