{"product_id":"contemporary-african-american-women-playwrights","title":"Contemporary African American Women Playwrights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The impressive array of scholars gathered in this collection, all experts in the field, read the plays with nuance and situate them deftly within their cultural and historical contexts. Scholars of contemporary theater and drama and of African American literature will find value in this engaging collection.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e – Choice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'For students and scholars of American theatre and drama generally and African American theatre and drama most particularly, this is an extremely valuable critical source.'\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eHarry Elam, Stanford University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last fifty years, American and World theatre has been challenged and enriched by the rise to prominence of numerous female African American dramatists. \u003cem\u003eContemporary African American Women Playwrights\u003c\/em\u003e is the first critical volume to explore the contexts and influences of these writers, and their exploration of black history and identity through a wealth of diverse, courageous and visionary dramas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKolin compiles a wealth of new essays, comprising:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYale scholar David Krasner on the dramatic legacy of Lorraine Hansberry, Zora Neale Hurston, Marita Bonner and Georgia Douglas Johnson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eindividual chapters devoted to: Alice Childress, Sonia Sanchez, Adrienne Kennedy, Ntozake Shange, Pearl Cleage, Aishah Rahman, Glenda Dickerson, Anna Deavere Smith and Suzan Lori-Parks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean essay and accompanying interview with Lynn Nottage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecomprehensive discussion of attendant theatrical forms, from choreopoems and surrealistic plays, to documentary theatre and civil rights dramas, and their use in challenging racial and gender hierarchies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors\u003c\/strong\u003e: Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Soyica Diggs, James Fisher, Freda Scott Giles, Joan Wylie Hall, Philip C. Kolin, David Krasner, Sandra G. Shannon, Debby Thompson, Beth Turner and Jacqueline Wood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234241991000,"sku":"9780415541121","price":70.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415541121.jpg?v=1769006726","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/contemporary-african-american-women-playwrights","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}