{"product_id":"the-methuen-drama-book-of-post-black-plays-9781408173824","title":"The Methuen Drama Book of Post-Black Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Post-black' refers to an emerging trend within black arts to find new and multiple expressions of blackness, unburdened by the social and cultural expectations of blackness of the past and moving beyond the conventional binary of black and white. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReflecting this multiplicity of perspectives, the plays in this collection explode the traditional ways of representing black families on the American stage, and create new means to consider the interplay of race, with questions of class, gender, and sexuality. They engage and critique current definitions of black and African-American identity, as well as previous limitations placed on what constitutes blackness and black theatre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by the emerging stars of American theatre such as Eisa Davis and Marcus Gardley, the plays explore themes as varied as family and individuality, alienation and gentrification, and reconciliation and belonging. They demonstrate a wide-range of formal and structural innovations for the American theatre, and reflect the important ways in which contemporary playwrights are expanding the American dramatic canon with new and diverse means of representation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited by two leading US scholars in black drama, Harry J. Elam Jr (Stanford) and Douglas A. Jones Jr (Princeton), this cutting edge anthology gathers together some of the most exciting new American plays, selected by a rigorous academic backbone and explored in depth by supporting critical material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4588489\"\u003eEisa Davis\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-7176654\"\u003eChristina Anderson\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6640990\"\u003eMarcus Gardley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781408173824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1408173824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA001000\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC052000\"\u003eMedia Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry J. Elam is the Olive H. Palmer Professor in the Humanities, and the Freeman-Thornton Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Stanford University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eTaking it to the Streets: The Social Protest Theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Errol Hill Award; and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Performance and Theater History: A Critical Reader\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eColored Contradictions: An Anthology of Contemporary African American Drama\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time: African American Plays for the New Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Cultural Traffic: Crossroads in Performance and Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. His articles have appeared in\u003ci\u003e American Drama\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModern Drama\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheatre Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eText and Performance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e as well as journals in Israel, Belgium, Poland and Taiwan and also in several critical anthologies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDouglas A. Jones, Jr. is Cotsen Fellow in the Princeton Society of Fellows at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Department of English. He has published several articles and book chapters that span a wide array of issues in (African) American cultural and literary history, race and performance, and American dramatic literature. His first book, \u003ci\u003e The Captive Stage: Black Exception, Performance, and the Proslavery Imagination of the Anetbellum North\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming from University of Michigan Press. In fall of 2013, he will join the English faculty at Rutgers University.","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44704503562477,"sku":"9781408173824","price":41.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_09a124da-6ecc-4342-9c31-760ff5f9a5f0.jpg?v=1703916463","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-methuen-drama-book-of-post-black-plays-9781408173824","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}