{"product_id":"the-routledge-companion-to-african-american-theatre-and-performance-9781138726710","title":"The Routledge Companion to African American","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance\u003c\/em\u003e is an outstanding collection of specially written essays that charts the emergence, development, and diversity of African American Theatre and Performancefromthe nineteenth-century African Grove Theatre to Afrofuturism. Alongside chapters from scholars are contributions from theatre makers, including producers, theatre managers, choreographers, directors, designers, and critics. This ambitious \u003cem\u003eCompanion\u003c\/em\u003e includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA Timeline of African American theatre and performance.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePart I Seeing ourselves onstage explores the important experience of Black theatrical self-representation. Analyses of diverse topics including historical dramas, Broadway musicals, and experimental theatre allow readers to discover expansive articulations of Blackness.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePart II Institution building highlights institutions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditor\/Contributor Biographies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Art Now by Nambi E. Kelley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Renee Alexander Craft, Thomas F. DeFrantz. Kathy A. Perkins, and Sandra L. Richards. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I: Highlights of African American Theatre and Performance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart II: Seeing Ourselves Onstage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart III: Institution Building: Making a Space of OUR Own\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart IV: Theatre and Social Change\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart V: Expanding the Traditional Stage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577843913047,"sku":"9781138726710","price":204.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138726710.jpg?v=1746096895","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-routledge-companion-to-african-american-theatre-and-performance-9781138726710","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}