| Description |
viii, 643 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Harry J. Elam, Jr. -- Foreword / Robert Alexander -- Section one: Smashing stereotypes and embracing icons. I ain't yo' uncle / Robert Alexander -- The Little Tommy Parker celebrated colored minstrel show / Carlyle Brown -- Re/membering Aunt Jemima: a menstrual show / Breena Clarke, Glenda Dickerson -- Section two: Black men at risk. for black boys who have considered homicide when the streets were too much / Keith Antar Mason -- Fierce love / Pomo Afro Homos -- Tod, the boy, Tod / Talvin Wilks -- Section three: Reconstructing Black womanhood. Big butt girls, hard-headed women / Rhodessa Jones -- Shakin' the mess outta misery / Shay Youngblood -- Come down burning / Kia Corthron -- Section four: The Black family in crisis. Crying holy / Wayne Corbitt -- Before it hits home / Cheryl L. West -- Imperceptible mutabilities in the third kingdom / Suzan-Lori Parks. |
| Subject |
American drama -- African American authors.
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American drama -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Elam, Harry Justin.
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Alexander, Robert.
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| ISBN |
0452274974 |
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9780452274976 |
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