Summary
This book features African American women playwrights from 1875 to 2000, with an emphasis on the late nineteenth century, a period rarely treated in regard to women’s drama. Highlighting the lesser-known Pauline Hopkins, Angelina Weld Grimké, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Eulalie Spence, and May Miller, and the well-known Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Childress, Adrienne Kennedy, and Ntozake Shange, Peculiar Passages argues that these playwrights’ efforts define a tradition characterized by quick-change mobility, sensitivity to vernacular forms, and dedication to intertextual dialogue. Situating the plays within a broader context, the book also connects them to minstrelsy, the Passion Play, and the Black Arts Movement.
Details
- Pages
- X, 296
- Publication Year
- 2005
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9780820476209
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9780820476193
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Frauendrama African American Women Playwright American Women Writer American Drama Women's Drama Playwright American Playwright African American Women Playwrights African American Women Writers American Women's Drama American Theatre Geschichte 1875-2000 African American Drama USA Weibliche Schwarze
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2005. X, 296 pp.
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