Theorizing black theatre
Subtitle: art versus protest in critical writings, 1898-1965
By: Henry D. Miller ; foreword by James V. Hatch
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780786459377
Subjects: African Americans in literature; African American theater; History and criticism; American drama; Racism in literature; African American authors; Intellectual life; Civil rights in literature; African Americans; Politics in literature; History
Other titles: Theorizing black theater
Description: "This volume reveals a comprehensive view of the Art or Propaganda debate. Among others, this text addresses the works of Langston Hughes, W.E.B Dubois, Alain Locke, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, Adrienne Kennedy, Sydney Poitier, and August Wilson. Of particular note black theory collides or intersects with canonical theorists, including Aristotle, Keats, Ibsen, Nietzsche, Shaw, and O'Neill"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-265)and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The dawn of black dramatic theory and the art or propaganda debate goes public, 1898-1916; title: "The new negro" and the high Harlem Renaissance : core of 20th century black dramatic theory, 1917-1929; title: Black theory in the Great Depression and beyond, 1930-1949, part I; title: Black theory in the Great Depression and beyond, 1930-1949, part II; title: Civil rights vs. integration and the persistence of art-theatre drama, 1950-1959; title: The rise of black arts theory and the persistence of art-theatre drama, 1960-1965; title: Back to the future : conclusion.