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Books on: african american drama

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Scars of Conquest/Masks of Resistance: The Invention of Cultural Identities in African, African-American, and Caribbean Drama

Book by Tejumola Olaniyan; Oxford University Press, 1995

Subjects:

Africa--In Literature, African Americans In Literature, American Drama--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Baraka, Imamu Amiri--1934---Criticism And Interpretation, Blacks In Literature, Caribbean Area--In Literature, Drama, Shange, Ntozake--Criticism And Interpretation, Soyinka, Wole--Dramatic Works, Walcott, Derek--Dramatic Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...to Twentieth-Century American Drama; Craig, Black Drama...Kirby, "Indigenous African Theatre" 22. For expressions...see De Graft "Roots in African Drama and Theatre" 77...Rotimi, "The Drama in African Ritual Display"; Echeruo...
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Willis Richardson, Forgotten Pioneer of African-American Drama

Book by Christine Rauchfuss Gray; Greenwood Press, 1999

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African American Dramatists--Biography, African Americans In Literature, Dramatists, American--20th Century--Biography, Richardson, Willis--1889-

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...voices in American drama and the roots from...and write about American drama, indeed, American literature, in a...More than any other African-American dramatist, Richardson...life as many African Americans dealt with it. The...
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African-American Performance and Theater History: A Critical Reader

Book by Harry J. Elam Jr., David Krasner; Oxford University Press, 2001

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African American Theater, American Drama--African American Authors--History And Criticism

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...A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism...Collection and Archive in African American cultural history...Double Consciousness in African American Theatre...Harlem Renaissance: African American Theater and Drama, 1910 1930. DIANA...
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Contemporary African American Female Playwrights: An Annotated Bibliography

Book by Dana A. Williams; Greenwood Press, 1998

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African Americans In Literature--Bibliography, American Drama--20th Century--Bibliography, American Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism--Bibliography, American Drama--African American Authors--Bibliography, American Drama--African American Authors--History And Criticism--Bibliography, American Drama--Women Authors--Bibliography, American Drama--Women Authors--History And Criticism--Bibliography, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century--Bibliography

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...those who determine the American drama canon is a contributing...frequent exclusion of African American female playwrights...goers, African American drama must begin to gain the...universities, where drama departments are performing well- produced dramas, more often than not...
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Wines in the Wilderness: Plays by African American Women from the Harlem Renaissance to the Present

Book by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory; Praeger, 1990

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African American Women--Drama, African Americans--Drama, American Drama--20th Century, American Drama--African American Authors, American Drama--Women Authors

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...a major breakthrough in African American drama. Shirley Grahams interest in African music and culture is apparent...in Its Mornin to their African past in several ways...the religious beliefs of Africans of old and of the colonized...

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Journal Articles on: african american drama

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Aspects of Africanness in August Wilson's Drama: Reading 'The Piano Lesson' through Wole Soyinka's Drama

Journal article by Amadou Bissiri; African American Review, Vol. 30, 1996

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African American dramatists--Works, African Americans--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Soyinka, Wole--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Wilson, August--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...August Wilsons drama: reading...recognition of African American...that Afro-American mythology...of African Americans link "to...survival of African Americans. That Wilson...just for his drama but for the...African American culture in...embrace his African identity...rejects black Americans adoption...Gerald M. American Drama of the Twentieth...
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Willis Richardson, Forgotten Pioneer of African-American Drama

Journal article by N. Graham Nesmith; African American Review, Vol. 35, 2001

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Books--Reviews, Willis Richardson, Forgotten Pioneer of African-American Drama (Book)--Reviews

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...Forgotten Pioneer of African-American Drama by N. Graham Nesmith...Pioneer of African-American Drama, provides a treasure...the first African American to have a non-musical...discipline of African American drama. Examining Richardsons...public school for African Americans in the United States...
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"And Yet They Paused" and "A Bill to Be Passed": Newly Recovered Lynching Dramas by Georgia Douglas Johnson

Journal article by Judith Stephens; African American Review, Vol. 33, 1999

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A Bill to be Passed (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., African American dramatists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., American drama--African American authors, And Yet They Paused (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Johnson, Georgia Douglas--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Lynching--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Moralities--Production and direction

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...possessed as an African American artist...Lynching dramas, written...of white Americans as terrorists...vital part of African American culture that...a type of drama that is only...history, the dramas provide a...Plays by African American Women: Race...American Drama and Theatre...Lynching Dramas of the 1920s...
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Racial Violence and Representation: Performance Strategies in Lynching Dramas of the 1920s

Journal article by Judith L. Stephens; African American Review, Vol. 33, 1999

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African American authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., African Americans--Crimes against, Lynching--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

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...and Lynching Drama in the 1920s Lynching dramas of the 1920s...burgeoning "Folk Drama" and a national...mobs murdering African Americans and a national...black and white American playwrights...Lynching dramas by black playwrights...on behalf of African Americans in the 1920s...part of an American Folk Drama Movement in...
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"This Thing Called Playwrighting": An Interview with Sonia Sanchez on the Art of Her Drama

Journal article by Jacqueline Wood; African American Review, Vol. 39, 2005

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African American dramatists, African American playwrights, Sanchez, Sonia

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...of an African American womens dramatic...practice concerning African American drama need to be more...trace her work in drama, we can see...vision of urban African Americans fleeing the North...resurgent African American interest in the...

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Magazine Articles on: african american drama

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The African American Drama Company: Twenty Years of Cultural Work

Magazine article by Dorothy Randall; Black Masks, Vol. 12, April 30, 1997

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African Americans, Black culture, Blacks, Culture, Entertainment, Fine arts, Minority & ethnic groups, Theater, United States, Walker, Phillip

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The African American Drama Company: Twenty Years of Cultural Work by Dorothy Randall The African American Drama Company: Twenty Years...build tomorrow." In founding the African American Drama Company, they have empowered themselves...
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Cracking the Genomics Code: Genetic Research Isn't Just for Prime-Time Dramas or High-Profile Criminal Cases. Here's How African American DNA Detectives Are Employing Scientific Research to Change Our Lives

Magazine article by Sonya A. Donaldson; Black Enterprise, Vol. 37, November 2006

Subjects:

African Americans--Demographic aspects, African Americans--Genetic aspects, African Americans--Research, DNA identification--Usage, DNA testing--Usage, Detectives--Innovations, Genetic research--Health aspects, Genetic research--Usage, Geneticists--Innovations, Genomics--Research

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...for Prime-Time Dramas or High-Profile...Cases. Heres How African American DNA Detectives...important to African Americans. With ancestors...plague African Americans at a higher rate...prominent African Americans are at the cutting...of the African-American DNA Roots Project...
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An African Oedipus in Athens: On the Second Anniversary of 9/11, an American Troupe Finds Itself Ensconced in the Very Bosom of Democracy and Drama

Magazine article by Michael Kahn; American Theatre, Vol. 21, May-June 2004

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Athens, Greece--Description and travel, Drama festivals--International aspects, Drama festivals--Personal narratives, Theater companies--Performances, Theater companies--Travel

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An African Oedipus in Athens...of 9/11, an American Troupe Finds Itself...of Democracy and Drama. by Michael Kahn...Here we were, Americans performing the...did not bring an American play. We did not bring an American musical. We were...some of the first Americans there after the...
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African Odyssey

Magazine article by Henry H. Chase; American Visions, Vol. 12, April 1997

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African drama--Fairs, festivals, etc., Africans--Fairs, festivals, etc., Blacks--Fairs, festivals, etc., Cekwana, Ntsikelelo--Works, Performing arts festivals--Planning

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African Odyssey by Henry H. Chase...Later that year he made his American debut as a dance, performing...of the Kennedy Centers "An African Odyssey"--a festival of...Cekwana is not the only South African dance import to the festival...
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Out of Obscurity: Before A Raisin in the Sun, Socially Relevant Black Dramas Worth Revisiting

Magazine article by N. Graham Nesmith; American Theatre, Vol. 21, October 2004

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African American dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, African American dramatists--Works, African American playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, African American playwrights--Works, African American theater--Criticism and interpretation, African American theater--History, Hansberry, Lorraine--Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Relevant Black Dramas Worth Revisiting...theatre for African-American theatre artists...breakthrough drama A Raisin...Pageant: African American Theatre, Drama, and Performance...lynching-drama tradition, a distinctly American genre that...department of African-American...

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Newspaper Articles on: african american drama

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ARTS DIARY: Variety and Passion of Women Dancers; Afro-American Company Full of Drama

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), November 28, 2007

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African Americans

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Women Dancers; Afro-American Company Full of Drama. Byline: BY PHILIP...in the work of the African American dance company Urban...light in the African/ American dance movement. The...particularly among black Americans with references to...
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FURY AT 'RACIST' BBC TV DRAMA'; Show Portrays Blacks as Imbeciles'

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 29, 2006

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African Americans--Social aspects, Television dramas--Social aspects, Television programs--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

FURY AT RACIST BBC TV DRAMA; Show Portrays Blacks as Imbeciles...towards Londons black community today over a drama written by a black woman. There were...wanted to get the debate going." The drama begins with teacher Joe and the words...
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GOLF: THE 2004 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: Goosen Nips in by Back Door; Quiet South African Saves Drama for Tee-Off Time as Woods Hogs Scotland Limelight

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 14, 2004

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Els, Ernie

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Back Door; Quiet South African Saves Drama for Tee-Off Time as...moment, said the South African when asked in his pre...Yet it is still the American who draws the fans...17th. Out-of-form American Tiger Woods plays out...
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Blacks' Fight for Equality; AMERICA MAKES HISTORY 'No Drama' Obama Takes Election Day in His Stride

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 5, 2008

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African Americans, Elections

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...MAKES HISTORY No Drama Obama Takes Election...first cargo of Africans is landed in Jamestown...1775: The first American Antislavery Society...first of only five African Americans ever to enter US...Poor conditions of African Americans in the south leads...the first African American presidential nominee...
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Breaking Free Whether in a Drama or a Fun Action Role, Thandie Newton Finds Peaceful Escape in Performing

Newspaper article by By Dann Gire; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 6, 2010

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African Americans, Motion picture actors and actresses, Movie actors

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Breaking Free Whether in a Drama or a Fun Action Role, Thandie...traces the stressful lives of nine African-American women dealing with (mostly insufficient...For Colored Girls" is about African-American women, it hits on a lot of universal...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african american drama

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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...termed naturalist dramas are Gerhart...Lillian Hellman (American). An important...20th-century drama was expressionism...drama are the American Eugene ONeill...of American drama. Brecht wrote dramas of ideas, usually...transgressive drag dramas of Charles Ludlams...Sun (1959), drama by and about African Americans emerged as a...explored black American life; writers...
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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Royall Tyler , and in the dramas of William Dunlap . The first...by the first professional American novelist, Charles Brockden...coveted by every aspiring American writer and was first achieved...won attention by presenting American folk stories, and James...Longfellow , who won the hearts of Americans with glib, moralizing verse...Huckleberry Finn (1884). Drama after the Civil War and into...
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Mask

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...masks of the Native Americans of NW North America...especially important in drama, and their use has...integral part of Japanese drama, especially of the...and of Chinese temple dramas (see Asian drama ). The many masks used...athletic events. See African art ; North American Native art ; masque...
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English Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...speakers elsewhere, see American literature ; Australian...literature ; and South African literature . The Tudors...course of Renaissance drama and paved the way for...to the demands of high drama. William Shakespeare...literature begins with the drama, including some of Shakespeares...English wit. His satiric dramas, notably the great Volpone...
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Dance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Ceremonial Dance Native American dances illustrate most...Ghost Dance . Native American dancing is always performed...derived from earlier African forms. In Greece the...the development of the drama and in religious worship...Magriel, Chronicles of the American Dance (1978); J...

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