The a to Z of African American Theater
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- Publisher:
- 2009
Summary
African American Theater is a vibrant and unique entity enriched by ancient Egyptian rituals, West African folklore, and European theatrical practices. A continuum of African folk traditions, it combines storytelling, mythology, rituals, music, song, and dance with ancestor worship from ancient times to the present. It afforded black artists a cultural gold mine to celebrate what it was like to be an African American in The New World. The A to Z of African American Theater celebrates nearly 200 years of black theater in the United States, identifying representative African American theater-producing organizations and chronicling their contributions to the field from its birth in 1816 to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on actors, directors, playwrights, plays, theater producing organizations, themes, locations, and theater movements and awards.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2009
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8108-6898-4
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-8108-7061-1
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 562
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Editor’s Foreword No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Acronyms and Abbreviations No access
- Chronology No access
- Introduction No access
- The Dictionary No access Pages 1 - 526
- Bibliography No access Pages 527 - 540
- About the Authors No access Pages 541 - 542
- photospread No access Pages 543 - 562





