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Colored contradictions : an anthology of contemporary African-American plays / edited by Harry J. Elam, Jr., and Robert Alexander.
LIBRA PS628.N4 C65 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American drama--African American authors.
- American drama.
- American drama--20th century.
- African Americans--Drama.
- African Americans.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 643 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Plume, [1996]
- Contents:
- Introduction / Harry J. Elam, Jr.
- Foreword / Robert Alexander
- Section one: Smashing stereotypes and embracing icons. I ain't yo' uncle / Robert Alexander
- The Little Tommy Parker celebrated colored minstrel show / Carlyle Brown
- Re/membering Aunt Jemima: a menstrual show / Breena Clarke, Glenda Dickerson
- Section two: Black men at risk. for black boys who have considered homicide when the streets were too much / Keith Antar Mason
- Fierce love / Pomo Afro Homos
- Tod, the boy, Tod / Talvin Wilks
- Section three: Reconstructing Black womanhood. Big butt girls, hard-headed women / Rhodessa Jones
- Shakin' the mess outta misery / Shay Youngblood
- Come down burning / Kia Corthron
- Section four: The Black family in crisis. Crying holy / Wayne Corbitt
- Before it hits home / Cheryl L. West
- Imperceptible mutabilities in the third kingdom / Suzan-Lori Parks.
- ISBN:
- 0452274974
- 9780452274976
- OCLC:
- 34651437
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