Staging black fugitivity / Stacie Selmon McCormick.

"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...

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Uniform Title:Black performance and cultural criticism.
Main Author: McCormick, Stacie Selmon (Author)
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The 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.
American drama > African American authors.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:xiii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
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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"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number:PS338.N4 M33 2019
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155) and index.
ISBN:9780814214053
0814214053
9780814255445
0814255442