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Macbeth in Harlem : Black theater in America from the beginning to Raisin in the sun
- Title
- Macbeth in Harlem : Black theater in America from the beginning to Raisin in the sun / Clifford Mason.
- Author
- Mason, Clifford
- Publication
- New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
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Details
- Description
- v, 234 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Macbeth in Harlem is a journey into the past that makes the present even more relevant than it would seem to be at first glance, simply because it throws up the past as proof that we have not gone very far in eradicating past inequities as we would like to think we have. It discusses the ways in which race has made black theater crawl, clown and debase itself. And in spite of that the black persona, the black mask has not only met the challenge and triumphed over it, it has also, through its enviable gifts, enriched American theater beyond ways that would not have been possible without it. Indeed, the book is a challenge to commercial theater in particular, which is where the money is, to own up to its refusal to make black theater that is not race neutral a part of what it offers to the theater going public"--
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- African American theater > History > 20th century
- Race in the theater
- African Americans in the performing arts
- African Americans > Race identity
- Theater and society > United States > History > 20th century
- African American theater
- Race relations
- Theater and society
- United States > Race relations > 20th century
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
- Contents
- The beginning -- The long night of the nineteenth century -- New beginnings for a new century: 1890-1920 -- The twenties: roaring, a precursor -- The "voodoo" Macbeth and the famished dawn -- Paul Robeson and the fifties.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-694
- ISBN
- 9781978809994
- 1978809999
- LCCN
- 2019040028
- OCLC
- 1124902451
- Author
- Mason, Clifford, author.
- Title
- Macbeth in Harlem : Black theater in America from the beginning to Raisin in the sun / Clifford Mason.
- Publisher
- New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Creator/Contributor Characteristics
- Gender group: MenNationality/regional group: New Yorkers (New York State)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF RACISM ON BLACK THEATER.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-694