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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457619003321

Autore

Company Children's Theatre

Titolo

Face of America [[electronic resource] ] : Plays for Young People

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8166-7313-6

0-8166-7856-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrosiusPeter

AdamsElissa

Disciplina

812.608

812'.60809282--dc22

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; AVERAGE FAMILY; BROOKLYN BRIDGE; ESPERANZA RISING; SNAPSHOT SILHOUETTE; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

The world of young people in the United States today is exhilaratingly global, enriched by the influences of many various cultures. With that, however, comes the need for children to retain confidence in their own heritage while empathizing with people who might seem very different from them. The protagonists of these four plays-written for the world-renowned Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis-strive to achieve that balance with determination, love, and humor. The richness and relevance of these plays lie in their complex portraits of diversity and cultural collision. In Snapshot Silhou