Understanding August Wilson /
Bogumil, Mary L.,1955-
Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Understanding August Wilson as an African American playwright -- Ma Rainey's black bottom: the commodification of cultural experience -- Fences: posthumous justice -- Joe Turner's come and gone: community resiliency through ritual -- The piano lesson: a chorus of expectant voices -- Two trains running: everyday scholars and philosophers in a community at the crossroads -- Seven guitars: rolling the devil's dice -- King Hedley II: community, redemption, and continuity -- Jitney: playing by the rules? -- Gem of the ocean: community, the individual and values, and the postcolonial legacy -- Radio golf: the legacy of Aunt Ester's children.
Wilson, August
African Americans in literature.