Bibliograph

African American theater, a cultural companion, Glenda Dicker/sun

Type

Label

African American theater, a cultural companion, Glenda Dicker/sun

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-201) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

African American theater

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

858282086

Responsibility statement

Glenda Dicker/sun

Sub title

a cultural companion

Summary

This book will shine a new light on the culture that has historically nurtured and inspired black theater. Functioning as an interactive guide it takes the reader on a journey to discover how social realities impacted the plays that dramatists wrote and produced

Table Of Contents

Introduction : a journey with the people who forgot how to Fly -- 1. The people who could fly : slavery, stereotypes, minstrelsy, and myth -- 2. A leap for freedom : the anti-slavery movement -- 3. We are climbing Jacob's ladder : progressing and migrating -- 4. The Harlem Renaissance : a sunburst something like spiritual emancipation -- 5. War stories : buffalo soldiers, black bird men, and the bloods -- 6. Sitting down, sitting in, and standing up : the Black freedom movement -- 7. Black is beautiful : protest and performance -- 8. Conversations : a second generation takes center stage -- 9. A presence of ancestry : I believe I can fly

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor