| Description |
1 online resource (624 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Authors; photospread |
| Summary |
African American Theater is a vibrant and unique entity enriched by ancient Egyptian rituals, West African folklore, and European theatrical practices. A continuum of African folk traditions, it combines storytelling, mythology, rituals, music, song, anddance with ancestor worship from ancient times to the present. It afforded black artists a cultural gold mine to celebrate what it was like to be an African American in The New World. The A to Z of African American Theater celebrates nearly 200 years of black theater in the United States, identifying representative African American theater-producing organizations and chronicling their contributions to the field from its birth in 1816 to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on actors, directors, playwrights, plays, theater producing organizations, themes, locations, and theater movements and awards |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African American theater -- Dictionaries
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African American theater.
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780810870611 |
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0810870614 |
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1282521683 |
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9781282521681 |
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