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Title Acting Up and Getting Down : Plays by African American Texans / edited and with introductions by Sandra Mayo and Elvin Holt
Edition First edition
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Southwestern Writers Collection series
Southwestern Writers Collection series.
Contents Introduction: definition of black theatre -- Camp Logan / Celeste Bedford Walker -- Johnny B. Goode / Thomas Meloncon -- Killingsworth / Eugene Lee -- Driving wheel / Sterling Houston -- Br'er rabbit / adapted by George Hawkins -- When the ancestors call / Elizabeth Brown-Guillory -- Ancestors / Ted Shine
Summary <P>One of the few books of its kind, <i>Acting Up and Getting Down</i> brings together seven African American literary voices that all have a connection to the Lone Star state. Covering Texas themes and universal ones, this collection showcases often-overlooked literary talents to bring to life inspiring facets of black theatre history.</p><p>Capturing the intensity of racial violence in Texas, from the Battle of San Jacinto to a World War I?era riot at a Houston training ground, Celeste Bedford Walker?s <i>Camp Logan</i> and Ted Shine?s <i>Ancestors</i> provide fascinating narratives through the lens of history. Thomas Meloncon?s <i>Johnny B. Goode</i> and George Hawkins?s <i>Br?er Rabbit</i> explore the cultural legacies of blues music and folktales. Three unflinching dramas (Sterling Houston?s <i>Driving Wheel</i>, Eugene Lee?s <i>Killingsworth</i>, and Elizabeth Brown-Guillory?s <i>When the Ancestors Call</i>) examine homosexuality, a death in the family, and child abuse, bringing to light the private tensions of intersections between the individual and the community.</p><p>Supplemented by a chronology of black literary milestones as well as a playwrights? canon, <i>Acting Up and Getting Down</i> puts the spotlight on creative achievements that have for too long been excluded from Texas letters. The resulting anthology not only provides new insight into a regional experience but also completes the American story as told onstage.</p>
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject American drama -- African American authors.
American drama -- Texas
American drama -- 20th century
American drama -- 21st century
African Americans -- Drama
DRAMA -- American.
DRAMA / American / African American
African Americans
American drama
American drama -- African American authors
Drama
Amerikanisches Englisch
Schwarze
Texas
Texas
Genre/Form Electronic books
Drama
Drama.
Théâtre.
Form Electronic book
Author Mayo, Sandra Marie, 1947- editor.
Holt, Elvin, 1945- editor.
LC no. 2013030264
ISBN 0292727658
9780292727656