August Wilson And Black Aesthetics
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August Wilson And Black Aesthetics
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Author : S. Shannon
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2004-08-20
August Wilson And Black Aesthetics written by S. Shannon and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-20 with History categories.
This book offers new essays and interviews addressing Wilson's work, ranging 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 includes an updated introduction assessing Wilson's legacy since his death in 2005.
August Wilson And Black Aesthetics
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Author : Sandra G. Shannon
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2004-08-21
August Wilson And Black Aesthetics written by Sandra G. Shannon and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-21 with Performing Arts categories.
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.
Aesthetics In Black Drama
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Author : Alexander Thomas Murphy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Aesthetics In Black Drama written by Alexander Thomas Murphy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with African American aesthetics categories.
August Wilson and Suzan-Lori Parks are both Pulitzer-Prize winning black playwrights recognized by the--largely white--literary mainstream. Wilson and Parks, though both successful, differ with respect to the aesthetics of their plays, specifically in the ways their works reflect a black experience. In three of Wilson's works, Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and The Piano Lesson, the pre-dominant black experience for the characters is their relationship to the presence of whiteness. That relationship is indicated through the oppression of the black characters by white society and the resulting conflict with the lives they currently lead and the lives that they aspire to have. This oppression connects Wilson's work to an old black aesthetic rooted in slave narratives and other time periods when the documentation of oppression was necessary in order to fully document the freedoms that blacks wanted but were denied. Wilson is forced to deal with these issues because, throughout his 10-play cycle chronicling the black experience throughout the twentieth century, he must be truthful to how black people would have been treated during these times. However, with the changing times, blacks have gradually been granted the freedoms they were previously denied. Therefore aspects of the Old Black Aesthetic do not really apply anymore and a new aesthetic is needed. This New Black Aesthetic has been articulated most fully in an essay written by Trey Ellis and two plays written by Suzan-Lori Parks: The America Play and Topdog/Underdog. These plays reflect on Parks' attempt to move past the white-black conflict with which the Old Black Aesthetic and Wilson are concerned and endeavor to place black people in situations that do not focus on oppression. Parks is able to place black people in these new situations because unlike Wilson, she is not confined to a specific historical period. Her characters exist outside of time, forcing blacks to relate to each other as opposed to whites.
Gale Researcher Guide For August Wilson Performing The African American Historical Cycle
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Author : Mary L. Bogumil
language : en
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Release Date :
Gale Researcher Guide For August Wilson Performing The African American Historical Cycle written by Mary L. Bogumil and has been published by Gale, Cengage Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Study Aids categories.
Gale Researcher Guide for: August Wilson: Performing the African American Historical Cycle is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
Innovation Permutation Continuation
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Author : Melissa Janet Valgeirsson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Innovation Permutation Continuation written by Melissa Janet Valgeirsson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with African American theater categories.
The Ground On Which I Stand
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Author : August Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
Release Date : 2001
The Ground On Which I Stand written by August Wilson and has been published by Theatre Communications Grou this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
August Wilson's radical and provocative call to arms.
August Wilson
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Author : Harold Bloom
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2009
August Wilson written by Harold Bloom and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Literary Criticism categories.
Discussion and criticism of Ma Rainey's black bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's come and gone and Two trains running.
Modern American Drama Playwriting In The 1980s
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Author : Sandra G. Shannon
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-14
Modern American Drama Playwriting In The 1980s written by Sandra G. Shannon and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Decades of Modern American Playwriting series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material. The major playwrights and their plays to receive in-depth coverage in this volume include: David Mamet: Edmond (1982), Glengarry Glen Ross (1984), Speed-the-Plow (1988) and Oleanna (1992); David Henry Hwang: Family Devotions (1981), The Sound of a Voice (1983) and M. Butterfly (1988); Maria Irene Fornès: The Danube (1982), Mud (1983) and The Conduct of Life (1985); August Wilson: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1984), Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1984) and Fences (1987).
The Ground On Which I Stand
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Author : August Wilson
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2001
The Ground On Which I Stand written by August Wilson and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A passionate and controversial call for black cultural separatism, from the author of the Olivier award-winning Jitney and the Pulitzer Prize-winning King Hedley II. 'I believe that race matters - that it is the largest, most identifiable part of our personality... Cultural Imperialists view European culture as beyond reproach in its perfection. It is inconceivable to them that life could be lived without knowing Shakespeare or Mozart... The idea that blacks have their own way of responding to the world, their own values, style, linguistics, religion and aesthetics, is unacceptable to them... We reject any attempt to blot us out...' August Wilson August Wilson's The Ground on Which I Stand is published in the Nick Hern Books Dramatic Contexts series: important statements on the theatre by major figures in the theatre.
Conversations With August Wilson
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Author : Jackson R. Bryer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Conversations With August Wilson written by Jackson R. Bryer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Collects a selection of the many interviews Wilson gave from 1984 to 2004. In the interviews, the playwright covers at length and in detail his plays and his background. He comments as well on such subjects as the differences between African Americans and whites, his call for more black theater companies, and his belief that African Americans made a mistake in assimilating themselves into the white mainstream. He also talks about his major influences, what he calls his "four B's"-- the blues, writers James Baldwin and Amiri Baraka, and painter Romare Bearden. Wilson also discusses his writing process and his multiple collaborations with director Lloyd Richards--Publisher description.