| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 225 pages) |
| Contents |
I. Black aesthetics as theory, art, and ideology. The development of African American dramatic theory : W.E.B DuBois to August Wilson-- hand to hand! / Mikell Pinkney -- Rita Dove's Mother love : revising the Black aesthetic : through the lens of western discourse / Tracey L. Walters -- The Ifa paradigm : reading the spirit in Tina McElroy Ansa's Baby of the family / Georgene Bess Montgomery -- Just 'cause (or just cause) : on August Wilson's case for a Black theater? John Valery White -- II. Black aesthetics and interdisciplinary Black arts. "Keeping it real" : August Wilson and hip hop / Harry J. Flam, Jr. -- Giving voice and vent to African American culture : Katherine Dunham's struggle for culture ownership in Mambo (1954) / Dorothea Fischer-Hornung -- The Mumia Project : theater activism at Howard University / Sybil J. Roberts -- III. August Wilson's plays and Black aesthetics. Phantom limbs dancing Juba rites in August Wilson's Joe Turner's Com and Gone and The Piano Lesson / Reggie Young -- Speaking of voice and August Wilson's women / Tara T. Green -- Using Black rage to elucidate African and African American identity in August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1911) / C. Patrick Tyndall -- IV. Current, unpublished interviews that speak to aesthetic issues raised in "The ground on which I stand." The ground on which he stands : Charles S. Dutton on August Wilson / Yolanda Williams Page -- A conversation with August Wilson / Sandra G. Shannon and Dana A. Williams -- A liberating prayer : a lovingsong for Mumia / Sybil J. Roberts -- August Wilson and Black aesthetics / Sandra G. Shannon |
| Summary |
August Wilson and Black Aesthetics offers new essays that address issues raised in Wilson's "The Ground on Which I Stand" speech. Essays and interviews range from examinations of the presence of Wilson's politics in his plays to the limitations of these politics on contemporary interpretations of Black aesthetics. Also included is Sybil Roberts' A Liberating Prayer: A Lovesong for Mumia, that, for two seasons, has played to sold out houses, but that until now has not been published |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wilson, August -- Aesthetics
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| SUBJECT |
Wilson, August fast |
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Wilson, August - théâtre (genre littéraire) -- études diverses. rero |
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Wilson, August. swd |
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Historical drama, American -- History and criticism
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African Americans in literature.
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African American aesthetics.
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Aesthetics, American.
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Aesthetics, Black.
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Dance & other performing arts.
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DRAMA -- American.
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Performing Arts.
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Aesthetics
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Aesthetics, American
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Aesthetics, Black
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African American aesthetics
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African Americans in literature
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Historical drama, American
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Ästhetik
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esthétique -- théâtre afro-américain -- Wilson, August -- Etats-Unis -- études diverses.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shannon, Sandra Garrett, 1952-
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Williams, Dana A., 1972-
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| ISBN |
9781403981189 |
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1403981183 |
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1281364797 |
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9781281364791 |
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