Modern and contemporary Black British drama / edited by Mary Brewer, Lynette Goddard, Deirdre Osborne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brewer, Mary F., editor.

Goddard, Lynette, 1966- editor.

Osborne, Deirdre, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Black authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Black authors.

English drama--20th century--History and criticism.

English drama.

English drama--21st century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

x, 240 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Palgrave, 2015.

Summary:

"This indispensable overview of modern black British drama spans seven decades of distinctive playwriting from the 1950s to the present. Interweaving social and cultural context with close critical analysis of key dramatists' plays, leading scholars explore how these dramatists have created an enduring, transformative and diverse cultural presence"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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Acknowledgements

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Framing Black British Drama: Past to Present; Mary Brewer, Lynette Goddard, Deirdre Osborne

PART I: POST-WAR MIGRATION

1. The Social and Political Context of Black British Theatre: 1950s-80s; Helen Thomas

2. Identity Politics in the Plays of Mustapha Matura; Brian Crow

3. Staging Social Change: Three Plays by Barry Reckord; Mary F. Brewer

4. Home/lessness, Exile and Triangular Identities in the Drama of Caryl Phillips; Suzanne Scafe

PART II: SECOND GENERATION

5. The Social and Political Context of Black British Theatre: 1980s-90s; Meenakshi Ponnuswami

6. Looking Back: Winsome Pinnock's Politics of Representation; Nicola Abram

7. (Black) Masculinity, Race, and Nation in Roy Williams' Sports Plays; Lynette Goddard

8. Kwame Kwei-Armah's African-American Inspired Triptych; Michael Pearce

PART III: NEO-MILLENNIAL

9. The Social and Political Context of Black British Theatre: The 2000s; D. Keith Peacock

10. Resisting the Standard and displaying her colours: debbie tucker green at British Drama's Vanguard; Deirdre Osborne

11. Bola Agbaje: Voicing a New Africa on the British Stage; Ekua Ekumah

12. Witnessing to, in, and from the Centre: Oladipo Agboluaje's Theatre of Dialogic Centrism; Victor Ukaegbu

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230303195

0230303196

9780230303201

023030320X

OCLC:

885228576

Publisher Number:

9780230303201

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