Experiments in democracy interracial and cross-cultural exchange in American theatre, 1912-1945 / [electronic resource] : edited by Cheryl Black and Jonathan Shandell. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2016. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Theater in the Americas . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

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"--

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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--History and criticism.--20th century
Ethnicity in the theater.
Race in the theater.
Theater and society--History--United States--20th century.
Theater--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

PN2266.3 / .E94 2016

792.0973/0904