Author: Samuel A. Hay
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521465854
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This book traces the history of African American theatre from its beginnings to the present.
African American Theatre
Author: Samuel A. Hay
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521465854
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This book traces the history of African American theatre from its beginnings to the present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521465854
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This book traces the history of African American theatre from its beginnings to the present.
A History of Asian American Theatre
Author: Esther Kim Lee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521850517
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This book surveys the history of Asian American theatre from 1965 to 2005.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521850517
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This book surveys the history of Asian American theatre from 1965 to 2005.
Early American Theatre from the Revolution to Thomas Jefferson
Author: Heather S. Nathans
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521825085
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This 2003 book examines the growth and influence of the theatre in the development of the young American Republic.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521825085
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This 2003 book examines the growth and influence of the theatre in the development of the young American Republic.
American Drama
Author: Susan Harris Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521032423
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A revisionist study of the cultural neglect of American drama.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521032423
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A revisionist study of the cultural neglect of American drama.
The Federal Theatre Project
Author: Barry Witham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521822596
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This 2003 book provides a detailed examination of the operations of the US Federal Theatre Project in the decade of the 1930s.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521822596
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This 2003 book provides a detailed examination of the operations of the US Federal Theatre Project in the decade of the 1930s.
Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic
Author: Jeffrey H. Richards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139448048
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic investigates the way in which theatre both reflects and shapes the question of identity in post-revolutionary American culture. In this 2005 book Richards examines a variety of phenomena connected to the stage, including closet Revolutionary political plays, British drama on American boards, American-authored stage plays, and poetry and fiction by early Republican writers. American theatre is viewed by Richards as a transatlantic hybrid in which British theatrical traditions in writing and acting provide material and templates by which Americans see and express themselves and their relationship to others. Through intensive analyses of plays both inside and outside of the early American 'canon', this book confronts matters of political, ethnic and cultural identity by moving from play text to theatrical context and from historical event to audience demography.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139448048
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic investigates the way in which theatre both reflects and shapes the question of identity in post-revolutionary American culture. In this 2005 book Richards examines a variety of phenomena connected to the stage, including closet Revolutionary political plays, British drama on American boards, American-authored stage plays, and poetry and fiction by early Republican writers. American theatre is viewed by Richards as a transatlantic hybrid in which British theatrical traditions in writing and acting provide material and templates by which Americans see and express themselves and their relationship to others. Through intensive analyses of plays both inside and outside of the early American 'canon', this book confronts matters of political, ethnic and cultural identity by moving from play text to theatrical context and from historical event to audience demography.
Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860
Author: Rosemarie K. Bank
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521563871
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A study of pre-Civil War American theatre.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521563871
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A study of pre-Civil War American theatre.
A Beautiful Pageant
Author: D. Krasner
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137066253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The Harlem Renaissance was an unprecedented period of vitality in the American Arts. Defined as the years between 1910 and 1927, it was the time when Harlem came alive with theater, drama, sports, dance and politics. Looking at events as diverse as the prizefight between Jack Johnson and Jim 'White Hope' Jeffries, the choreography of Aida Walker and Ethel Waters, the writing of Zora Neale Hurston and the musicals of the period, Krasner paints a vibrant portrait of those years. This was the time when the residents of northern Manhattan were leading their downtown counterparts at the vanguard of artistic ferment while at the same time playing a pivotal role in the evolution of Black nationalism. This is a thrilling piece of work by an author who has been working towards this major opus for years now. It will become a classic that will stay on the American history and theater shelves for years to come.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137066253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The Harlem Renaissance was an unprecedented period of vitality in the American Arts. Defined as the years between 1910 and 1927, it was the time when Harlem came alive with theater, drama, sports, dance and politics. Looking at events as diverse as the prizefight between Jack Johnson and Jim 'White Hope' Jeffries, the choreography of Aida Walker and Ethel Waters, the writing of Zora Neale Hurston and the musicals of the period, Krasner paints a vibrant portrait of those years. This was the time when the residents of northern Manhattan were leading their downtown counterparts at the vanguard of artistic ferment while at the same time playing a pivotal role in the evolution of Black nationalism. This is a thrilling piece of work by an author who has been working towards this major opus for years now. It will become a classic that will stay on the American history and theater shelves for years to come.
The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945
Author: Julia Listengarten
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108570267
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945 provides an overview and analysis of developments in the organization and practices of American theatre. It examines key demographic and geographical shifts American theatre after 1945 experienced in spectatorship, and addresses the economic, social, and political challenges theatre artists have faced across cultural climates and geographical locations. Specifically, it explores artistic communities, collaborative practices, and theatre methodologies across mainstream, regional, and experimental theatre practices, forms, and expressions. As American theatre has embraced diversity in practice and representation, the volume examines the various creative voices, communities, and perspectives that prior to the 1940s was mostly excluded from the theatrical landscape. This diversity has led to changing dramaturgical and theatrical languages that take us in to the twenty-first century. These shifting perspectives and evolving forms of theatrical expressions paved the ground for contemporary American theatrical innovation.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108570267
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945 provides an overview and analysis of developments in the organization and practices of American theatre. It examines key demographic and geographical shifts American theatre after 1945 experienced in spectatorship, and addresses the economic, social, and political challenges theatre artists have faced across cultural climates and geographical locations. Specifically, it explores artistic communities, collaborative practices, and theatre methodologies across mainstream, regional, and experimental theatre practices, forms, and expressions. As American theatre has embraced diversity in practice and representation, the volume examines the various creative voices, communities, and perspectives that prior to the 1940s was mostly excluded from the theatrical landscape. This diversity has led to changing dramaturgical and theatrical languages that take us in to the twenty-first century. These shifting perspectives and evolving forms of theatrical expressions paved the ground for contemporary American theatrical innovation.
Freak Performances
Author: Analola Santana
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472053914
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The figure of the freak as perceived by the Western gaze has always been a part of the Latin American imaginary, from the letters that Columbus wrote about his encounters with dog-faced people to Shakespeare's Caliban. The freak acquires greater significance in a globalized, neoliberal world that defines the "abnormal" as one who does not conform mentally, physically, or emotionally and is unable or unwilling to follow the economic and cultural norms of the institutions in power. Freak Performances examines the continuing effects of colonialism on modern Latin American identities, with a particular focus on the way it has constructed the body of the other through performance. Theater questions the representations of these bodies, as it enables the empowerment of the silenced other; the freak as a spectacle of otherness finds in performance an opportunity for re-appropriation by artists resisting the dominant authority. Through an analysis of experimental theater, dance theater, performance art, and gallery-based installation art across eight countries, Analola Santana explores the theoretical issues shaped by the encounters and negotiations between different bodies in the current Latin American landscape.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472053914
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The figure of the freak as perceived by the Western gaze has always been a part of the Latin American imaginary, from the letters that Columbus wrote about his encounters with dog-faced people to Shakespeare's Caliban. The freak acquires greater significance in a globalized, neoliberal world that defines the "abnormal" as one who does not conform mentally, physically, or emotionally and is unable or unwilling to follow the economic and cultural norms of the institutions in power. Freak Performances examines the continuing effects of colonialism on modern Latin American identities, with a particular focus on the way it has constructed the body of the other through performance. Theater questions the representations of these bodies, as it enables the empowerment of the silenced other; the freak as a spectacle of otherness finds in performance an opportunity for re-appropriation by artists resisting the dominant authority. Through an analysis of experimental theater, dance theater, performance art, and gallery-based installation art across eight countries, Analola Santana explores the theoretical issues shaped by the encounters and negotiations between different bodies in the current Latin American landscape.