Black activists write Wheatley and Washington : Terrell, Du Bois, and the drama of the 1932 bicentennial / Lurana Donnels O'Malley.

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9781003334897 (electronic bk.)
100333489X (electronic bk.)
9781040389454 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1040389457 (electronic bk. : PDF)
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9781032360935
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Basım Bildirimi
First edition.
Yayın Bilgisi
Oxford : Routledge, 2026.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations.
Dizi
Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies
İçindekiler Notu
Acknowledgements viiAuthor's Note viiiAbbreviations ixPart IHistorical Background and Critical Analyses 11 Washington Conscious: The George Washington Bicentennial of 1932 32 Idealizing Washington: Portrayals of an Enslaver 353 Black Voices and the Bicentennial: Performances By and For Black Citizens 604 Visions of Washington in DC: Three White-Authored Bicentennial Performances 875 Terrell Chooses Wheatley: The Creation of the Wheatley Pageant-Play 1336 The Trials of Mary Church Terrell: The Production of the Wheatley Pageant-Play 1757 Du Bois and the Bicentennial Crisis: George Washington and Black Folk 2018 Conclusion 225Part IIEdited Script 2299 Historical Pageant-Play Based on the Life of Phyllis Wheatley by Mary Church Terrell 231Index 266
Özet, vb.
This book examines how early twentieth-century Black theatre artists depicted national mythologies of the United States.White-authored pageants and plays written for the 1932 Bicentennial celebration of George Washington's birthday relegated Black Americans to the periphery through racist stereotyping. Black activists Mary Church Terrell and W. E. B. Du Bois seized the opportunity to place Black people at center stage and to revise contemporary views of Washington and of Black achievement. Terrell's Historical Pageant-Play Based on the Life of Phyllis Wheatley and Du Bois's George Washington and Black Folk dramatize how the achievements of Black men and women fit into the US origin story. Terrell's script is a biography of the life of the enslaved African poet Phillis Wheatley; Du Bois's pageant is a transgressive revision of the Washington myth.The book's chapters contextualize these plays within the larger Bicentennial event. O'Malley also includes her edited version of Terrell's script, published here for the first time.This interdisciplinary book will be a valuable resource for college and university courses in American theatre and performance studies, Black Studies, and Women's Studies.
Konu
Terrell, Mary Church, __ 1863-1954.
Du Bois, W. E. B. __ (William Edward Burghardt), __ 1868-1963.
African American theater __ History.
American drama __ African American authors.
Theater __ United States __ History and criticism.
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