Experiments in democracy [electronic resource] :interracial and cross-cultural exchange in American theatre, 1912-1945 / edited by Cheryl Black and Jonathan Shandell.
Contributor(s): Shandell, Jonathan [editor.] | Black, Cheryl [editor.] | Project Muse.
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BookSeries: Theater in the Americas.Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780809334698; 0809334690.Subject(s): HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century | PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production | PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General | PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism | Minorities in literature | Race relations in literature | American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Ethnicity in the theater | Race in the theater | Theater and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 792.0973/0904 Online resources: Full text available: Summary: "Essays in "Experiments in Democracy" look at theatre groups, as well as individual playwrights and their works, to examine how theatre artists used performance to try to bridge America's persistent racial divide and sought strategies for bringing different communities and cultural traditions into the nation's broader cultural conversation"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Essays in "Experiments in Democracy" look at theatre groups, as well as individual playwrights and their works, to examine how theatre artists used performance to try to bridge America's persistent racial divide and sought strategies for bringing different communities and cultural traditions into the nation's broader cultural conversation"-- Provided by publisher.
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