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" Suzan-Lori Parks : "
edited by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. and Alycia Smith-Howard.
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BL
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1033179
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b787549
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Suzan-Lori Parks : : a casebook /\ edited by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. and Alycia Smith-Howard.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2007.
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Casebooks on modern dramatists
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xix, 150 pages ;; 25 cm.
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0203937287
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: 0415973813
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: 9780203937280
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: 9780415973816
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145) and index.
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| Contents
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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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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.
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Parks, Suzan-Lori-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Parks, Suzan-Lori-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Parks, Suzan-Lori.
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Parks, Suzan-Lori.
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| Dewey Classification
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812/.54
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PS3566.A736Z87 2007
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Smith Howard, Alycia.
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Wetmore, Kevin J.,Jr.,1969-
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