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Living with lynching African American lynching plays, performance, and citizenship, 1890-1930

Title
Living with lynching [electronic resource] : African American lynching plays, performance, and citizenship, 1890-1930 / Koritha Mitchell.
Author
Mitchell, Koritha.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2011.

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 251 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
The new black studies series
Uniform Title
Living with lynching (Online)
Alternative Title
Living with lynching (Online)
Subject
  • American drama > African American authors > History and criticism
  • American drama > 20th century > History and criticism
  • American drama > 19th century > History and criticism
  • One-act plays, American > History and criticism
  • Lynching in literature
  • African Americans in literature
  • Violence in literature
  • Citizenship in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Making lynching drama and its contributions legible. Scenes and scenarios : reading aright -- Redefining "black theater" -- Developing a genre, asserting black citizenship. The black soldier : elevating community conversation -- The black lawyer : preserving testimony -- The black mother/wife : negotiating trauma -- The pimp and coward : offering gendered revisions.
LCCN
2011014508
OCLC
ssj0000711534
Author
Mitchell, Koritha.
Title
Living with lynching [electronic resource] : African American lynching plays, performance, and citizenship, 1890-1930 / Koritha Mitchell.
Imprint
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2011.
Series
The new black studies series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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