Author

Publication

1997 - St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

54,500 words, Guess

Page Count

218 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL664628M
  • ISBN-100312173636
  • OCLC Control Number36528397
  • Library of Congress Control Number97010207
  • Goodreads1094383

Classifications

  • DDC792/.08996073
  • LCCPN2270.A35 K7 1997

Description

The history of African American performance and theatre is a topic that few scholars have closely studied or discussed as a critical part of American culture. In this fascinating interdisciplinary volume, David Krasner reveals such a history to be a tremendously rich one, focusing particularly on the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. The fields of history, black literary theory, cultural studies, performance studies, and postcolonial theory are utilized in an examination of several major productions. In addition, Krasner looks at the aesthetic significance of African American performers on the American stage and the meaning of the technique entitled "cakewalking."

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Other Editions

  • Resistance, parody, and double consciousness in African American theatre, 1895-1910St. Martin's Press1997

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