Understanding August Wilson
By: Mary Bogumil
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Understanding contemporary American literature
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781570039799
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding August Wilson as an African American playwright; title: Ma Rainey's black bottom: the commodification of cultural experience; title: Fences: posthumous justice; title: Joe Turner's come and gone: community resiliency through ritual; title: The piano lesson: a chorus of expectant voices; title: Two trains running: everyday scholars and philosophers in a community at the crossroads; title: Seven guitars: rolling the devil's dice; title: King Hedley II: community, redemption, and continuity; title: Jitney: playing by the rules?; title: Gem of the ocean: community, the individual and values, and the postcolonial legacy; title: Radio golf: the legacy of Aunt Ester's children.