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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Black Aesthetics as Theory, Art, and Ideology
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Black Aesthetics and Interdisciplinary Black Arts
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August Wilson’s Plays and Black Aesthetics
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Current Unpublished Interviews that Speak to Aesthetic Issues Raised in “The Ground on which I Stand”
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Reviews
"A cogent and timely reminder of the tacit assumptions and invisible inflections that critics and audiences bring to theatrical experience. In this nuanced and richly variegated collection of perspectives on Wilson s importantly controversial The Ground on Which I Stand speech, Williams and Shannon have produced a dynamic exploration of black aesthetics and contemporary theater, which provides a fitting tribute to Wilson s memory and to his spirit." - Alan Nadel, author of May All Your Fences Have Gates: Essays on the Drama of August Wilson and August Wilson, Completing the Twentieth-Century Cycle"Registers the continuing significance of the playwright s 1996 speech that shocked American theatre critics with its echoes of a 1960s Black Arts militancy. In addition to analysis of specific Wilson texts and his construction of black female characters, this lively collection includes two previously unpublished interviews, one with Charles Dutton, who played the male lead in three Wilson plays, and a second with Wilson himself in which he muses about projects he will pursue once the ten-play cycle is completed. Capping the volume is a play that demonstrates how Wilson s spirituality and activism inspires a generation of younger black women playwrights." - Sandra L. Richards, Professor, Northwestern University
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: August Wilson and Black Aesthetics
Editors: Dana A. Williams, Sandra G. Shannon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-8118-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6406-9Published: 21 August 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-11301-5Published: 09 May 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-8118-9Published: 20 August 2004
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 225
Topics: History of the Americas, North American Literature, Theatre History, Performing Arts, Theatre and Performance Studies, Ethnicity Studies