Research Catalog

Title

Contemporary Plays by African American Women [electronic resource] : Ten Complete Works / edited by Sandra Adell.

Publication

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Details

Additional Authors

• Garrett, Keli
• Brooks, J. Nicole
• Diamond, Lydia R., 1969-
• Anderson, Christina (Playwright).
• Nottage, Lynn
• Thompson, Lisa B., 1965-
• Salter, Nikkole
• Hall, Katori
• Shephard-Massat, S. M.
• Barfield, Tanya
• Adell, Sandra
• Project Muse

Description

1 online resource (xix, 408 pages :) : portraits.

Summary

African American women have increasingly begun to see their plays performed from regional stages to Broadway. Yet many of these artists still struggle to gain attention. In this volume, Sandra Adell draws from the vital wellspring of works created by African American women in the twenty-first century to present ten plays by both prominent and up-and-coming writers. Taken together, the selections portray how these women engage with history as they delve into--and shake up--issues of gender and class to craft compelling stories of African American life. Gliding from gritty urbanism to rural landscapes, these works expand boundaries and boldly disrupt modes of theatrical representation.

Uniform Title

• Contemporary Plays by African American Women (Online)
• Book collections on Project MUSE.

Subject

• American drama > Women authors
• African American women > Drama
• American drama > African American authors

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Blue door / Tanya Barfield -- Levee James / S.M. Shephard-Massat -- Hoodoo love / Katori Hall -- Carnaval / Nikkole Salter -- Single black female / Lisa B. Thompson -- Fabulation, or The re-education of Udine / Lynn Nottage -- BlackTop sky / Christina Anderson -- Voyeurs de Venus / Lydia R. Diamond -- Fedra / J. Nicole Brooks -- Uppa creek : a modern anachronistic parody in the minstrel tradition / Keli Garrett.
• Blue door / Tanya Barfield -- Levee James / S.M. Shephard-Massat -- Hoodoo love / Katori Hall -- Carnaval / Nikkole Salter -- Single Black female / Lisa B. Thompson -- Fabulation, or The re-education of Undine / Lynn Nottage -- BlackTop sky / Christina Anderson -- Voyeurs de Venus / Lydia R. Diamond -- Fedra / J. Nicole Brooks -- Uppa creek : a modern anachronistic parody in the minstrel tradition / Keli Garrett.

OCLC

ssj0001599738

Title

Contemporary Plays by African American Women [electronic resource] : Ten Complete Works / edited by Sandra Adell.

Imprint

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2015. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

Series

Book collections on Project MUSE.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Note

Description based on print version record.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Garrett, Keli. Uppa creek. Container of (work)

Brooks, J. Nicole. Fedra. Container of (work)

Diamond, Lydia R., 1969- Voyeurs de Venus. Container of (work)

Anderson, Christina (Playwright). BlackTop sky. Container of (work)

Nottage, Lynn. Fabulation, or The re-education of Undine. Container of (work)

Thompson, Lisa B., 1965- Single Black female. Container of (work)

Salter, Nikkole. Carnaval. Container of (work)

Hall, Katori. Hoodoo love. Container of (work)

Shephard-Massat, S. M. Levee James. Container of (work)

Barfield, Tanya. Blue door. Container of (work)

Adell, Sandra.

Project Muse.

LCCN

2015954294