Toward an American Folk Drama, 1918-19--1939-40
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Author | : Archibald Henderson |
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Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1944 |
Genre | : Theater |
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Author | : Archibald Henderson |
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Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 1940 |
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Author | : L. E. McCullough |
Publisher | : Smith & Kraus |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Children's plays, American |
ISBN | : 9781575250403 |
Ten original plays with themes taken from American folklore.
Author | : Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) Play Bureau |
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Total Pages | : 610 |
Release | : 1937 |
Genre | : Amateur theater |
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Author | : Richard A. Reuss |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780810836846 |
The 1930s and 1940s represented an era in United States history when large groups of citizens took political action in response to their social and economic circumstances. The vision, attitudes, beliefs and purposes of participants before, during, and after this time period played an important part of American cultural history. Richard and JoAnne Reuss expertly capture the personality of this era and the fascinating chronology of events in American Folk Music and Left-Wing Politics, 1927-1957, a historical analysis of singers, writers, union members and organizers and their connection to left-wing politics and folk music during this revolutionary time period. While scholarship on folk music, history, and politics is not unique in and of itself, Reuss' approach is noteworthy for its folklorist perspective and its long, encompassing assessment of a broad cross-section of participants and their interactions. An innovative and informative look into one of the most evocative and challenging eras in American history, American Folk Music and Left-Wing Politics, 1927-1957 stands as a historic milestone in this period's scholarship and evolution.
Author | : Richard M. Dorson |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 614 |
Release | : 1986-02-22 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780253203731 |
Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.
Author | : Langston Hughes |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 1963-01-22 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780253201218 |
Five plays representing Hughes' dramatic writing over a period of forty years.
Author | : Simon J Bronner |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1469 |
Release | : 2015-03-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1317471954 |
American folklife is steeped in world cultures, or invented as new culture, always evolving, yet often practiced as it was created many years or even centuries ago. This fascinating encyclopedia explores the rich and varied cultural traditions of folklife in America - from barn raisings to the Internet, tattoos, and Zydeco - through expressions that include ritual, custom, crafts, architecture, food, clothing, and art. Featuring more than 350 A-Z entries, "Encyclopedia of American Folklife" is wide-ranging and inclusive. Entries cover major cities and urban centers; new and established immigrant groups as well as native Americans; American territories, such as Guam and Samoa; major issues, such as education and intellectual property; and expressions of material culture, such as homes, dress, food, and crafts. This encyclopedia covers notable folklife areas as well as general regional categories. It addresses religious groups (reflecting diversity within groups such as the Amish and the Jews), age groups (both old age and youth gangs), and contemporary folk groups (skateboarders and psychobillies) - placing all of them in the vivid tapestry of folklife in America. In addition, this resource offers useful insights on folklife concepts through entries such as "community and group" and "tradition and culture." The set also features complete indexes in each volume, as well as a bibliography for further research.
Author | : Christine R. Gray |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1999-12-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0313000921 |
During the 1920s and 1930s, Willis Richardson (1889-1977) was highly respected as a leading African-American playwright and drama anthologist. His plays were performed by numerous black high school, college, and university drama groups and by theater companies in Chicago, New York, Washington D.C., Cleveland, Baltimore, and Atlanta. With the opening of The Chip Woman's Fortune (1923), he became the first African American to have a play produced on Broadway. Several of his 46 plays were published in assorted magazines, and in his essays, he urged black Americans to seek their dramatic material in their own lives and circumstances. In addition, he edited three anthologies of plays by African-Americans. But between 1940 and his death in 1977, Richardson came to realize that his plays were period pieces and that they no longer reflected the problems and situations of African-Americans. In the years before his death, he attempted vigorously yet unsuccessfully to preserve several of his plays through publication, if not production. But the man who has been called the father of African-American drama and who was considered the hope and promise of African-American drama died in obscurity. Richardson has even been neglected by the scholarly community. This critical biography, the first extensive consideration of his life and work, firmly reestablishes his pioneering role in American theater. The book begins with a detailed chronology, followed by a thoughtful biographical essay. The volume then examines the nature of African-American drama in the 1920s, the period during which Richardson was most productive, and it analyzes his approach to drama as a means of educating African-American audiences. It then explores the African-American community as the central theme in Richardson's plays, for Richardson typically looks at the consequences of refusals by blacks to help one another. The work additionally considers Richardson's history plays, his anthologies, his dramas intended for black children, and his essays. A concluding chapter summarizes his lasting influence; the book closes with a listing of his plays and an extensive bibliography.