In this Book
- Black Theatre: Ritual Performance In The African Diaspora
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
Generating a new understanding of the past—as well as a vision for the future—this path-breaking volume contains essays written by playwrights, scholars, and critics that analyze African American theatre as it is practiced today.Even as they acknowledge that Black experience is not monolithic, these contributors argue provocatively and persuasively for a Black consciousness that creates a culturally specific theatre. This theatre, rooted in an African mythos, offers ritual rather than realism; it transcends the specifics of social relations, reaching toward revelation. The ritual performance that is intrinsic to Black theatre renews the community; in Paul Carter Harrison's words, it "reveals the Form of Things Unknown" in a way that "binds, cleanses, and heals."
Table of Contents
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- Praise/Word
- pp. 1-10
- Part I: African Roots
- Introduction
- pp. 13-17
- Roots in African Drama and Theatre
- pp. 18-38
- What the Twilight Says: An Overture
- pp. 88-107
- Part II: Mythology and Metaphysics
- Introduction
- pp. 131-139
- The Candombl
- pp. 153-166
- Sycorax Mythology
- pp. 209-226
- Part III: Dramaturgical Practice
- Introduction
- pp. 247-250
- Part IV: Performance
- Introduction
- pp. 313-315
- Bopera Theory
- pp. 378-381
- From Hip-Hop to Hittite: Part X
- pp. 382-387
- Performance Method
- pp. 400-408
- Afterword: Testimony of a Witness
- pp. 409-414
- About the Contributors
- pp. 415-418
Additional Information
ISBN
9781439901151
Related ISBN(s)
9781566399432, 9781566399449
MARC Record
OCLC
794701387
Pages
464
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No