Aristotle and black drama [[electronic resource] ] : a theater of civil disobedience / / Patrice D. Rankine

• Autore: Rankine Patrice D
• Pubblicazione: Waco, Texas, : Baylor University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 812.009/896073
• Soggetto topico: American drama - African American authors - History and criticism; African American aesthetics; American drama - Classical influences; Civil disobedience in literature; Classicism in literature; Comparative literature - Modern and classical; African American theater - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Civil disobedience as resistance to tradition and performance -- Classical origins of character and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a negro, Electra, and Orestes -- The Oedipus story and the perfect play, or The gospel according to Rita Dove: The darker face of the earth and Sonata Mulattica: a life in five movements and a short play -- Racial intent and dramatic form: Eugene O'Neill's All Gods' chillun got wings and The Emperor Jones -- Aristotle's Spectacle and August Wilson's Spectacle character: Joe Turner's Come and gone -- Freedom songs and metaphors of healing: Eugene O'Neill's Mourning becomes Electra, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the sun, and Suzan-Lori Parks' Venus and Topdog/Underdog -- Truth and reconciliation: civil disobedience and the cosmopolitan citizen: Charles Smith's The gospel according to James, Thomas Bradshaw's Mary, David Mamet's Race, and Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park.
• Sommario/riassunto: Black theater, classical philosophy, and modern civil resistance
• Titolo autorizzato: Aristotle and black drama
• ISBN: 1-4813-0003-2; 1-60258-454-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779744503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II