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Aristotle and black drama a theater of civil disobedience

Title
Aristotle and black drama [electronic resource] : a theater of civil disobedience / Patrice D. Rankine.
Author
Rankine, Patrice D.
Publication
Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2013]

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Description
1 online resource (xv, 254 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Aristotle and black drama (Online)
Alternative Title
Aristotle and black drama (Online)
Subject
  • Aristotle > Influence
  • American drama > African American authors > History and criticism
  • African American aesthetics
  • American drama > Classical influences
  • Civil disobedience in literature
  • Classicism in literature
  • Comparative literature > Modern and classical
  • African American theater > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: Civil disobedience as resistance to tradition and performance -- Classical origins of character and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a negro, Electra, and Orestes -- The Oedipus story and the perfect play, or The gospel according to Rita Dove: The darker face of the earth and Sonata Mulattica: a life in five movements and a short play -- Racial intent and dramatic form: Eugene O'Neill's All Gods' chillun got wings and The Emperor Jones -- Aristotle's Spectacle and August Wilson's Spectacle character: Joe Turner's Come and gone -- Freedom songs and metaphors of healing: Eugene O'Neill's Mourning becomes Electra, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the sun, and Suzan-Lori Parks' Venus and Topdog/Underdog -- Truth and reconciliation: civil disobedience and the cosmopolitan citizen: Charles Smith's The gospel according to James, Thomas Bradshaw's Mary, David Mamet's Race, and Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park.
LCCN
2012043682
OCLC
ssj0000916644
Author
Rankine, Patrice D.
Title
Aristotle and black drama [electronic resource] : a theater of civil disobedience / Patrice D. Rankine.
Imprint
Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2013]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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