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A Sourcebook of African-American Performance: Plays, People, Movements (Part I "Theatrical In(ter)ventions of the Black Arts Movement") » Read Now
by Annemarie Bean. 362 pgs.

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A Sourcebook on African-American Performance is the first volume to consider African-American performance between and beyond the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and the New Black Renaissance of the 1990s.As with all titles in the Worlds of Performance series, the Sourcebook consists of classic...
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A Sourcebook on African-American Performance is the first volume to consider African-American performance between and beyond the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and the New Black Renaissance of the 1990s.As with all titles in the Worlds of Performance series, the Sourcebook consists of classic texts as well as newly commissioned pieces by notable scholars, writers and performers. It includes the plays 'Sally's Rape' by Robbie McCauley and 'The American Play' by Suzan-Lori Parks, and comes complete with a substantial, historical introduction by Annemarie Bean.Articles, essays, manifestos and interviews included cover topics such as:* theatre on the professional, revolutionary and college stages* concert dance* community activism* step shows* performance art.Contributors include Annemarie Bean, Ed Bullins, Barbara Lewis, John O'Neal, Glenda Dickersun, James V. Hatch, Warren Budine Jr. and Eugene Nesmith.
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African-American Performance and Theater History: A Critical Reader (Chap. 3 "The Black Arts Movement: Performance, Neo-orality, and the Destruction of the 'White Thing'") » Read Now
by Harry J. Elam Jr., David Krasner. 367 pgs.

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African-American Performance and Theatre History is an anthology of critical writings that explores the intersections of race, theater, and performance in America. Assembled by two respected scholars in black theater and composed of essays from acknowledged authorities in the field (Joseph Roach and...
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African-American Performance and Theatre History is an anthology of critical writings that explores the intersections of race, theater, and performance in America. Assembled by two respected scholars in black theater and composed of essays from acknowledged authorities in the field (Joseph Roach and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. among other), this volume is organized into four sections representative of the ways black theater, drama, and performance past and present interact and enact continuous social, cultural, and political dialogues. The premise behind the book is that analyzing African-American theater and performance traditions offers insight into how race has operated and continues to operate in American society. The only one-volume collection of its kind, this volume is likely to become the central reference for those studying black theater.
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Gender and the Poetics of Excess: Moments of Brocade (Chap. 5 "The Black Arts Movement: We Survive in Patches...Scraps") » Read Now
by Karen Jackson Ford. 272 pgs.

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A study of how excess has proved to be the intended norm in the work of major women poets.
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Jazz among the Discourses ("Ascension: Music and The Black Arts Movement" begins on p. 256) » Read Now
by Krin Gabbard. 294 pgs.

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...Ascension: Music and the Black Arts Movement 256 Contributors...Ascension: Music and the Black Arts Movement," was written by a participant...the work of Baraka and the...
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The Black Arts Movement and Hip-Hop, in African American Review » Read Now
by Marvin J. Gladney. 11 pgs.

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...The Black Arts Movement and hip-hop. by Marvin J...criteria that evolved out of the Black Arts Movement of the 60s, including calls for...ideological progression from the...
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Close Listening: Poetry and the Performed Word (Chap. 13 "The Functional Role of Poetry Readings in the Black Arts Movement") » Read Now
by Charles Bernstein. 390 pgs.

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Close Listening brings together 17 strikingly original essays, commissioned especially for this volume, on the reading of poetry, the sound of poetry, and the visual performance of poetry. While the performance of poetry is as old as poetry itself, critical attention to modern and postmodern poetry...
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Close Listening brings together 17 strikingly original essays, commissioned especially for this volume, on the reading of poetry, the sound of poetry, and the visual performance of poetry. While the performance of poetry is as old as poetry itself, critical attention to modern and postmodern poetry performance has been negligible. This collection opens new avenues for the critical discussion of the sound and performance of poetry, and offers an indispensable critical base for understanding language in and as performance.
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Language and Literature in the African American Imagination (Chap. 9 "The Blue/Black Poetics of Sonia Sanchez") » Read Now
by Carol Aisha Blackshire-Belay. 214 pgs.

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Drawing together scholars from communication, literature, philosophy, linguistics, and other fields, this edited collection examines the current thinking on African American literature and language. Some of the most significant writers and thinkers in the field have contributed their views on all...
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Drawing together scholars from communication, literature, philosophy, linguistics, and other fields, this edited collection examines the current thinking on African American literature and language. Some of the most significant writers and thinkers in the field have contributed their views on all major aspects of the topic. The widespread debate over the canon in American literature, the issue of cultural diversity, and the need to have books with critical inquiry into African American culture make this collection suitable for scholars and students in diverse fields.
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Foundations in Africana Studies: Revisiting Negro Digest/Black World, 1961-1976, in The Western Journal of Black Studies » Read Now
by Clovis E. Semmes. 7 pgs.

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...the Black Consciousness and Black Arts movement and certain claims regarding...For example, in assessing the Black Arts movement, literary scholar Houston Baker...alludes...
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Tom Feelings: A Black Arts Movement, in African American Review » Read Now
by Vincent Steele. 6 pgs.

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...Tom Feelings: a Black Arts Movement by Vincent Steele...cultural revolution the 1960s Black Arts Movement called for, as was Tom Feelings...childrens literature. If the...
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To Raise, Destroy, and Create: The Poetry, Drama, and Fiction of Imamu Amiri Baraka (Le Roi Jones) » Read Now
by Henry C. Lacey. 214 pgs.

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A study of the works of Imamu Amiri Baraka written between 1960 and 1970. Baraka is represented as an example of black America searching for identity, purpose and direction. This search, examined by Lacey, is embodied by Baraka's achievements.
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"Pat Your Foot and Turn the Corner": Amiri Baraka, the Black Arts Movement, and the Poetics of a Popular Avant-Garde, in African American Review » Read Now
by James Smethurst. 10 pgs.

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All the Birds Sing Bass: The Revolutionary Blues of Jayne Cortez, in African American Review » Read Now
by Tony Bolden. 11 pgs.

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...and, more specifically, the Black Arts Movement which shaped her approach to...critical indifference toward the Black Arts Movement stems from bitter disagreements...says...
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"Classical Jazz" and the Black Arts Movement, in African American Review » Read Now
by Lorenzo Thomas. 4 pgs.

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..."Classical jazz" and the Black Arts Movement. by Lorenzo Thomas...poets and theorists of the Black Arts Movement (including Amiri Baraka, Larry...culture. The roots of the...