Resistance, parody, and double consciousness in African American theatre, 1895-1910 / David Krasner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krasner, David, 1952-

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American theater--History--20th century.

African American theater.

African American theater--History--19th century.

American drama--African American authors--History and criticism.

American drama.

American drama--African American authors.

History.

Physical Description:

218 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.

Summary:

The rich history of African American performance and theatre is a topic that few scholars have studied as a critical part of American culture. In this fascinating interdisciplinary volume, David Krasner focuses on the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, and reveals the aesthetic significance of African American performers on the American stage.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Black Theatre and American Society 1

2. "The Mirror Up To Nature": Modernist Aesthetics and Racial Authenticity in African American Theatre, 1895-1900 15

3. "Glimpses of Higher Possibilities": Class and Race in African American Theatre during the Early Progressive Era 41

4. Rewriting the Body: Aida Overton Walker and the Social Formation of Cakewalking 75

5. "Have You Ever Seen Anyone Stick So Close to a Cracker?": Parody, Romance, and History in Williams and Walker's Abyssinia 99

6. "The Ladder of Fame": Pragmatic Ideology and Overlapping Diasporas in African American Theatre, 1906-1910 117

7. "A Way of Telling Your Stuff": The Past Is Now Present 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-212) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0312173636

OCLC:

36528397