Resistance, Parody, and Double Consciousness in African American Theatre, 1895-1910
- ISBN-10
- 0333723686
- ISBN-13
- 9780333723685
- Category
- African American actors
- Pages
- 218
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- David Krasner
Description
The history of African American performance and theatre is a topic that few scholars have closely studied or discussed as a critical part of American culture. In this fascinating interdisciplinary volume, David Krasner reveals such a history to be a tremendously rich one, focusing particularly on the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. The fields of history, black literary theory, cultural studies, performance studies and postcolonial theory are utilized in an examination of several major productions. An enlightening work which unveils new information about its subject, Resistance, Parody, and Double Consciousness in African American Theatre offers insights into African American artistry during an era of racism and conflict.
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