Title Secrecy, magic, & the one-act plays of Harlem Renaissance women writers / Taylor Hagood

Published Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2010] ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 195 pages) Series Black performance and cultural criticism Black performance and cultural criticism. Contents Induction : Joice Heth -- On secrecy, magic, and Black women playwrights -- The one-acts -- Exeunt : an illusion Summary "Secrecy, Magic, and the One-Act Plays of Harlem Renaissance Women Writers seeks to rescue the plays of eight black women, Marita Bonner, Mary P. Burrill, Thelma Duncan, Shirley Graham, Zora Neale Hurston, Georgia Douglas Johnson, May Miller, and Eulalie Spence, from obscurity. This volume is the first book-length treatment to address these plays and their authors exclusively rather than as part of a discussion of other African American playwrights from different eras. It is also one of the few to carry out an extensive discussion of secrecy's role in both literary representation and social interaction. Exploring secrecy from the standpoints of poststructuralist language theory and game theory as well as dramatic performance, Taylor Hagood argues that the secret--a thing visible for its very invisibility--is a fundamental cog in the machinery of society, employed as a tool for both oppression and subversion. The many facets of secrecy have been particularly salient in African American culture, informing everything from the Underground Railroad to the subtle coding of Signifying. Most devastatingly, people on both sides of the color line are caught within a web of secrecy that is the result of centuries of distrust, doubt, and fear, a fact that is powerfully manifest not only in these one-act plays but in the reader's/spectator's interactions with them"--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index Notes Print version record Subject Bonner, Marita, 1898-1971 -- Criticism and interpretation Burrill, Mary, 1884-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation Duncan, Thelma Myrtle, 1902-1987 -- Criticism and interpretation Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977 -- Criticism and interpretation Hurston, Zora Neale -- Criticism and interpretation Johnson, Georgia Douglas, 1886-1966 -- Criticism and interpretation Miller, May, 1899-1995 -- Criticism and interpretation Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981 fast Miller, May, 1899-1995 fast Johnson, Georgia Douglas, 1886-1966 fast Hurston, Zora Neale fast Duncan, Thelma Myrtle, 1902-1987 fast Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977 fast Burrill, Mary, 1884-1946 fast Bonner, Marita, 1898-1971 fast Subject American drama -- African American authors -- History and criticism American drama -- Women authors -- History and criticism American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism African American women dramatists -- 20th century One-act plays, American -- History and criticism Secrecy in literature. Magic in literature. Harlem Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance. African American women dramatists American drama American drama -- African American authors American drama -- Women authors Harlem Renaissance Magic in literature One-act plays, American Secrecy in literature Genre/Form Literary criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780814271247 0814271243 0814292194 9780814292198

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