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Contemporary African American Female Playwrights: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Studies)
 
 
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Contemporary African American Female Playwrights: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Studies) (Hardcover)

by Dana A. Williams (Author) "The following is a list of selected anthologies that include one or more plays by contemporary African American female playwrights..." (more)
Key Phrases: only published drama, one published play, black women playwrights, New York, Lorraine Hansberry, African American (more...)
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“Readers will find the introduction's discussion of obstacles that African American women playwrights face particularly instructive in understanding the need for such a bibliography. Useful for collection evaluation and development in this subject areas, and for reference access to the contents of anthologies in undergraduate and graduate libraries.”–Choice

“Dana A. Williams has brought an essential tool to any sincere efforts at correcting the omission of African American female playwrights from critical focus in an art form that suffers from sever male domination and neglect of the incredible work by black women in American theater.”–Obsidian III

“Williams has put together a much-needed and useful research tool that brings attention to the works of contemporary African American playwrights who are often forgotten in literary criticism. This comprehensive, annotated bibliography includes playwrights who have had at least one work published since 1969, the year of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun....Extensive indexes, by author, title, and subject, add to the usefulness of this bibliography, which is strongly recommended for school, college, and public libraries.”–ARBA

“This is the first bibliography to focus exclusively on contemporary African-American women playwrights. Not since 1988...has there been such a valuable resource in this field....Contemporary African American Female Playwrights is an invaluable addition to the annals of theatre history resources. Williams has made a major contribution that will prove valuable to theatre scholars and those interested in African American women playwrights.”–Modern Drama

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Though Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (1959) raised the world's awareness of the abilities of African American female playwrights, both the theater and the literary world often have neglected to include contemporary African American women dramatists within the circle of production, publication, and criticism. This reference book sheds light on the achievement of these playwrights and directs researchers to studies of their works. The first section includes a selected listing of anthologies that contain one or more plays by an African American female dramatist who has published at least one play since 1959. The second provides entries for reference works and for general and scholarly criticism about the dramatists and their plays. The third gives a selected listing of individual dramatists' published plays, with summaries of each drama; the dramatists' primary works related to drama; and secondary works that treat the dramatists and their plays. Entries are accompanied by concise yet informative annotations. The volume closes with a selected listing of periodicals that typically publish criticism of African American female playwrights, brief biographical sketches of the dramatists, and extensive indexes.

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