edited by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. and Alycia Smith-Howard.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xix, 150 pages ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Casebooks on modern dramatists
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : perceptible mutabilities-- the many plays of Suzan-Lori Parks/the many Suzan-Lori Parks of plays / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. -- Figures, speech and form in Imperceptible mutabilities in the third kingdom / Shawn-Marie Garrett -- Strange legacy : the history plays of Suzan-Lori Parks / Heidi J. Holder -- Choral compassion : In the blood and Venus / Harvey Young -- The 'fun that I had' : the theatrical gendering of Suzan-Lori Parks's 'figures' / Barbara Ozieblo -- Language as protagonist in In the blood / Len Berkman -- Who's thuh man?! : historical melodrama and the performance of masculinity in Topdog/Underdog / Jason Bush -- Re-enacting : metatheatre in thuh plays of Suzan-Lori Parks / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. -- Digging out of the pigeonhole : African-American representation in the plays of Suzan-Lori Parks / Andrea J. Goto -- It's an Oberammergau thing : an interview with Suzan-Lori Parks / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The first major study of this unique voice in contemporary drama. Suzan-Lori Parks confirmed herself as one of the most exciting and successful playwrights of her generation when winning the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, making her the only African American woman to win the award.