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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808463903321

Titolo

The face of America [[electronic resource] ] : plays for young people / / Children's Theatre Company ; Peter Brosius and Elissa Adams, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minn., : 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/.60809282

Soggetti

Young adult drama, American

Teenagers - United States

American drama - Women authors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Consists of four plays commissioned, developed, and produced on the Children's Theatre Company stage.

Nota di contenuto

Preface / Peter Brosius --  Introduction / Elissa Adams --  Average family /  Larissa Fasthorse --      Brooklyn Bridge /  Melissa James Gibson -- Esperanza rising /  Lynne Alvarez -- Snapshot silhouette /  Kia Corthron.

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