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Acting Up and Getting Down: Plays by African American Texans
2014 the University of Texas Press ;ISBN: 0292754795 ;ISBN: 9780292754799 ;EISBN: 9780292727656 ;EISBN: 0292727658 ;DOI: 10.7560/754799 ;OCLC: 876349153 ;LCCallNum: PS628.N4A28 2014
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Title:
Acting Up and Getting Down: Plays by African American Texans
Author:
Mayo, Sandra M
;
Holt, Elvin
Elvin Holt
;
Sandra M. Mayo
Subjects:
20th century
;
21st century
;
African American authors
;
African American Studies
;
African Americans
;
African Americans-Drama
;
American drama
;
American drama-20th century
;
American drama-21st century
;
American drama-African American authors
;
American drama-Texas
;
American Studies
;
Drama
;
History
;
Language & Literature
;
Texas
Description:
One of the few books of its kind, Acting Up and Getting Down brings together seven African American literary voices that all have a connection to the Lone Star state. Covering Texas themes and universal ones, this collection showcases often-overlooked literary talents to bring to life inspiring facets of black theatre history. Capturing the intensity of racial violence in Texas, from the Battle of San Jacinto to a World War I–era riot at a Houston training ground, Celeste Bedford Walker’s Camp Logan and Ted Shine’s Ancestors provide fascinating narratives through the lens of history. Thomas Meloncon’s Johnny B. Goode and George Hawkins’s Br’er Rabbit explore the cultural legacies of blues music and folktales. Three unflinching dramas (Sterling Houston’s Driving Wheel, Eugene Lee’s Killingsworth, and Elizabeth Brown-Guillory’s When the Ancestors Call) examine homosexuality, a death in the family, and child abuse, bringing to light the private tensions of intersections between the individual and the community. Supplemented by a chronology of black literary milestones as well as a playwrights’ canon, Acting Up and Getting Down puts the spotlight on creative achievements that have for too long been excluded from Texas letters. The resulting anthology not only provides new insight into a regional experience but also completes the American story as told onstage.
Publisher:
Austin: University of Texas Press
Creation Date:
2014
Format:
365
Language:
English
Identifier:
ISBN: 0292754795
ISBN: 9780292754799
EISBN: 9780292727656
EISBN: 0292727658
DOI: 10.7560/754799
OCLC: 876349153
LCCallNum: PS628.N4A28 2014
Source:
Ebook Central Academic Complete
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