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Collusions of fact & fiction : performing slavery in the works of Suzan-Lori Parks and Kara Walker

Title
Collusions of fact & fiction : performing slavery in the works of Suzan-Lori Parks and Kara Walker / Ilka Saal.
Author
Saal, Ilka
Publication
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2021]

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Description
x, 256 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
"Collusions of Fact and Fiction is the first book-length study in the field to discuss the works of Suzan-Lori Parks and Kara Walker in conjunction with each other and to establish them as exemplary for a larger generational shift in how late twentieth century African American artists have been addressing the histories and legacies of New World slavery"--
Series Statement
Studies in theatre history and culture
Uniform Title
Studies in theatre history and culture.
Alternative Title
Collusions of fact and fiction
Subject
  • Parks, Suzan-Lori > Criticism and interpretation
  • Walker, Kara Elizabeth
  • Parks, Suzan-Lori
  • Slave trade in literature
  • Slave trade in art
  • African Americans in literature
  • African Americans in art
  • Black people in literature
  • Black people in art
  • African Americans > Intellectual life
  • Black people > Intellectual life
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Fictions of history and historiopoetic performances of the past -- Digging, rep & rev-ing, faking: Suzan-Lori Parks's historiopoetic praxis -- A sidelong glance at history: unreliable narration and the silhouette as blickmaschine in Kara Walker -- Stereotypes and theatricality: (Re)staging Black Venus -- Coda: wither historiopoiesis?
Call Number
Sc D 22-650
ISBN
  • 9781609387785
  • 1609387783
LCCN
2020051372
OCLC
1230255088
Author
Saal, Ilka, author.
Title
Collusions of fact & fiction : performing slavery in the works of Suzan-Lori Parks and Kara Walker / Ilka Saal.
Publisher
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2021]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Studies in theatre history and culture
Studies in theatre history and culture.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc D 22-650
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