| Description |
vi, 225 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. Black aesthetics as theory, art, and ideology. 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 -- 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 -- Mumia Project : theater activism at Howard University / Sybil J. Roberts. |
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III. August Wilson's plays and Black aesthetics. -- Phantom limbs dancing Juba rites in August Wilson's Joe Turner's come 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 Current, unpublished interviews that speak to aesthetic issues raised in "The ground on which I stand." Ground on which he stands : Charles S. Dutton on August Wilson / Yolanda Williams Page -- Conversation with August Wilson / Sandra G. Shannon and Dana A. Williams -- Liberating prayer : a lovingsong for Mumia / Sybil J. Roberts -- August Wilson and Black aesthetics / Sandra G. Shannon. |
| Subject |
Wilson, August -- Aesthetics.
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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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| Added Author |
Shannon, Sandra Garrett, 1952-
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Williams, Dana A., 1972-
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| ISBN |
1403964068 |
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9781403964069 |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2066550 |
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NZ1 8150640 |
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