This book offers new essays and interviews addressing Wilson's work, ranging from examinations of the presence of Wilson's politics in his plays to the limitations of these politics on contemporary interpretations of Black aesthetics. Also includes an updated introduction assessing Wilson's legacy since his death in 2005. SANDRA G. SHANNON is Professor of African American and American Drama at Howard University, USA. . . DANA A. WILLIAMS is Professor of African American Literature at Howard University, USA. INDICE: Introduction; 'D.A.Williams ' - PART I: BLACK AESTHETICS AS THEORY, ART AND IDEOLOGY - The Development of African-American Dramatic Theory: W.E.B. DuBois to August Wilson - Hand to Hand!; 'M.Pinkney ' - Rita Dove's Mother Love: Revising the Black Aesthetic through the Lens of Western Discourse; 'T.L.Walters ' - The Ifa Paradigm: Reading the Spirit in Tina McElroy Ansa's 'Babyof the Family'; 'G.B.Montgomery ' - Just 'Cause (or Just Cause): On August Wilson's Case for a Black Theater; 'J.V.White' - PART II: BLACK AESTHETICS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY BLACK ARTS - 'Keeping It Real': August Wilson and Hip Hop; 'H.J.Elam, Jr. ' - Giving Voice and Vent to African American Culture: August Wilson's Black Aesthetics and Katherine Dunham's Fight for Cultural Ownership in Mambo; 'D.Fischer-Hornung ' - The Mumia Project: Theatre Activism at Howard University; 'S.J.Roberts' - PART III: AUGUST WILSON'S PLAYS AND BLACK AESTHETICS- Phantom Limbs Dancing Juba Rites in August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone and 'The Piano Lesson; R.Young' - Speaking of Voice and August Wilson's Women; 'T.T.Green ' - Using Black Rage to Elucidate African and African-AmericanIdentity in August Wilson's 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone; C.Patrick Tyndall ' - PART IV: CURRENT, UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEWS THAT SPEAK TO AESTHETIC ISSUES RAISED IN 'THE GROUND ON WHICH I STAND' - The Ground on Which He Stands: Charles S. Dutton on August Wilson; 'Y.Williams Page ' - Interview with Wilson conducted by Sandra Shannon - A Liberating Prayer: A Lovesong for Mumia; 'S.J.Roberts ' - Afterword; 'S.G.Shannon - '
- ISBN: 978-0-230-11301-5
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha Publicación: 10/05/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés