Overview
- Demonstrates that American theatre’s resistance to cold war oppression has a more extensive and complex history than has been traditionally acknowledged
- Places the American Negro Theatre in a wider scope of theatre history
- Explores the legacy and meaning of arguably the most important social movement of the twentieth century
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History (PSTPH)
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“The Civil Rights Theatre Movement should be on the reading list of any scholar interested in civil rights culture, the history of American theatre in the 20th century, or the history of radicalism in the United States.” (Madeline Steiner, gothamcenter.org, February 23, 2021)
“The Civil Rights Theatre Movement in New York, 1939–1966 documents the contributions of often marginalized Black playwrights like Alice Childress, Theodore Ward, and Richard Wright. In examining their radical perspectives in the 1940s and 50s—a period thought to be apolitical in Black Theatre—Julie Burrell convincingly demonstrates how these authors helped inspire the activist Black Arts Movement of the 1960s.” (Professor Emerita Kathy A. Perkins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
“This enlightening study brings much-needed new attention to a pivotal period of African American theatre history. Through rigorous research and insightful analysis, Julie M. Burrell showcases the activism of black theatre artists of the 1940s and 1950s—highlighting the lofty ambitions (and the sometimes imperfect results) of their efforts to resist white oppression, and to agitate for racial and economic justice through the stage. This is an indispensable resource for scholars, students, and artists alike.” (Dr Jonathan Shandell, Arcadia University, UK, and author of The American Negro Theatre and the Long Civil Rights Era)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Julie Burrell is an Assistant Professor of English and Black Studies at Cleveland State University, USA. She has published in MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States and Continuum: The Journal of African Diaspora Drama, Theatre and Performance, as well as in the volume Imagining the Black Female Body: Reconciling Image in Print and Visual Culture (2010).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Civil Rights Theatre Movement in New York, 1939–1966
Book Subtitle: Staging Freedom
Authors: Julie Burrell
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12188-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12187-7Published: 04 April 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12190-7Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12188-4Published: 27 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2947-5767
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5775
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 236
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Theatre History, National/Regional Theatre and Performance, Performing Arts