9781408173824-1408173824-The Methuen Drama Book of Post-black Plays (Play Anthologies)

The Methuen Drama Book of Post-black Plays (Play Anthologies)

ISBN-13: 9781408173824
ISBN-10: 1408173824
Edition: 1
Author: Robert OHara, Christina Anderson, Young Jean Lee, Nikkole Salter, Danai Gurira, Douglas A. Jones Jr., Marcus Gardley, Eisa Davis, J. Nicole Brooks, Diana Son, Harry J. Elam Jr.
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Format: Paperback 512 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781408173824
ISBN-10: 1408173824
Edition: 1
Author: Robert OHara, Christina Anderson, Young Jean Lee, Nikkole Salter, Danai Gurira, Douglas A. Jones Jr., Marcus Gardley, Eisa Davis, J. Nicole Brooks, Diana Son, Harry J. Elam Jr.
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Format: Paperback 512 pages

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The Methuen Drama Book of Post-black Plays (Play Anthologies) (ISBN-13: 9781408173824 and ISBN-10: 1408173824), written by authors Robert OHara, Christina Anderson, Young Jean Lee, Nikkole Salter, Danai Gurira, Douglas A. Jones Jr., Marcus Gardley, Eisa Davis, J. Nicole Brooks, Diana Son, Harry J. Elam Jr., was published by Methuen Drama in 2013. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Communication & Media Studies (Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Methuen Drama Book of Post-black Plays (Play Anthologies) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Communication & Media Studies books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $3.59.

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'Post-black' refers to an emerging trend within black arts to find new and multiple expressions of blackness, unburdened by the social and cultural expectations of blackness of the past and moving beyond the conventional binary of black and white.

Reflecting this multiplicity of perspectives, the plays in this collection explode the traditional ways of representing black families on the American stage, and create new means to consider the interplay of race, with questions of class, gender, and sexuality. They engage and critique current definitions of black and African-American identity, as well as previous limitations placed on what constitutes blackness and black theatre.

Written by the emerging stars of American theatre such as Eisa Davis and Marcus Gardley, the plays explore themes as varied as family and individuality, alienation and gentrification, and reconciliation and belonging. They demonstrate a wide-range of formal and structural innovations for the American theatre, and reflect the important ways in which contemporary playwrights are expanding the American dramatic canon with new and diverse means of representation.

Edited by two leading US scholars in black drama, Harry J. Elam Jr (Stanford) and Douglas A. Jones Jr (Princeton), this cutting edge anthology gathers together some of the most exciting new American plays, selected by a rigorous academic backbone and explored in depth by supporting critical material.

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