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  • Theatre and Race

    by Harvey Young ...
    Series series Theatre And
    Theatre and Race centers on the interrelationship of the words on either side of the ampersand. It offers an accessible overview of how race is performed and how western theatrical practice has wrestled with the topic, question, and “problem” of racial difference over centuries.This study introduces critical and theoretical concepts to account for how the simple act of being attentive to the ... Read more

    $11.09 USD

  • Old English Patent Medicines in America

    Enriched edition. Exploring British Remedies in American Society

    by George B. Griffenhagen, James Harvey Young, Griffin Ellmouth ...
    Old English Patent Medicines in America is a fascinating anthology that traverses the intricate landscape of medical remedies, showcasing a diverse array of themes from quackery and consumerism to the evolution of pharmaceutical regulation. This collection offers an insightful look into the historical context of patent medicines, illuminating the blend of pseudoscience and burgeoning medical ... Read more

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  • The Mountaintop

    by Katori Hall, Harvey Young ...
    Series series Student Editions
    The Mountaintop is published here as a Methuen Drama Student Edition, featuring notes and commentary by Harvey Young, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Boston University, USA. The introduction offers a discussion of key themes including race, identity, politics, magical realism, one-act plays, historical figures and martyrs.The night before his assassination, Martin Luther King, Jr. retires to ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • Great North American Stage Directors Volume 3

    Elia Kazan, Jerome Robbins, Lloyd Richards

    by Professor James Peck ...
    Series series Great Stage Directors
    This volume chronicles the lives and artistry of Elia Kazan, Jerome Robbins, and Lloyd Richards. Their commitment to staging new works, which often focused on the experiences of immigrant and working-class families, significantly expanded the scope and possibilities of American theatre across the 20th century. It illuminates too their collaborations with a range of innovative theatre artists, ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to African American Theatre

    Edited by Harvey Young ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Theatre and Performance
    This new edition provides an expanded, comprehensive history of African American theatre, from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Including discussions of slave rebellions on the national stage, African Americans on Broadway, the Harlem Renaissance, African American women dramatists, and the New Negro and Black Arts movements, the Companion also features fresh chapters on significant ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Theater and Human Flourishing

    Edited by Harvey Young ...
    Series series The Humanities and Human Flourishing
    The Humanities and Human Flourishing series publishes edited volumes that explore the role of human flourishing in the central disciplines of the humanities, and whether and how the humanities can increase human happiness. This volume presents essays on the significance of theater to wellbeing and human flourishing. Combining scholarship in psychology and positive psychology with new perspectives ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Theatre After Empire

    Edited by Megan E. Geigner, Harvey Young ...
    Emphasizing the resilience of theatre arts in the midst of significant political change, Theatre After Empire spotlights the emergence of new performance styles in the wake of collapsed political systems.Centering on theatrical works from the late nineteenth century to the present, twelve original essays written by prominent theatre scholars showcase the development of new work after social ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Embodying Black Experience

    Stillness, Critical Memory, and the Black Body

    by Harvey Young ...
    Series series Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
    "Young's linkage between critical race theory, historical inquiry, and performance studies is a necessary intersection. Innovative, creative, and provocative."---Davarian Baldwin, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies, Trinity CollegeIn 1901, George Ward, a lynching victim, was attacked, murdered, and dismembered by a mob of white men, women, and children. As his lifeless ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Theatre and Race

    by Harvey Young ...
    Series series Theatre And
    The theatre has always been a place where conceptions of race and racism have been staged, shared and perpetuated. Harvey Young introduces key ideas about race, before tracing its relationship with theatre and performance - from Ancient Athens to the present day. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to African American Theatre

    Edited by Harvey Young ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of African American theatre, from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Along the way, it chronicles the evolution of African American theatre and its engagement with the wider community, including discussions of slave rebellions on the national stage, African Americans on Broadway, the Harlem Renaissance, African American women ... Read more

    $29.59 USD

  • Theatre History Studies 2015, Vol. 34

    by Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix, Alan Sikes, Andrew Gibb, Nicole Berkin, Megan E. Geigner, Heidi L. Nees, Sharon Marie Carnicke, Jonathan Chambers, Miriam Chirico, Jerry Dickey0, Julia Fawcett1, Iris Fischer2, Brett D. Johnson3, Emeline Jouve4, Valerie Joyce5, Keith Byron Kirk6, Jenna L. Kubly7, Martha S. LoMonaco8, Scott Magelssen9, Theresa J. May0, Lance Mekeel1, Beliza Torres Narváez2, Tavia Nyong'o3, Alexis Riley4, Kristen Rogers5, Cindy Rosenthal6, Judith Sebesta7, Harvey Young8, Meredith Conti9, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr.0, Teresa Stankiewicz Jr.1 ...
    Series Book 34 - Theatre History Studies
    Volume 34 of Theatre History Studies revisits the foundations of theatre, explores the boundaries and definitions of theatre, and illuminates how writing about the history of theatre is itself a form of historiography.The five essays are arranged chronologically, starting with Alan Sikes’s discussion of the Abydos Passion Play. Sikes challenges the long-held interpretation of that ritualized ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Suzan-Lori Parks in Person

    Interviews and Commentaries

    Edited by Harvey Young, Philip Kolin ...
    This collection of interviews offers unprecedented insight into the plays and creative works of Suzan-Lori Parks, as well as being an important commentary on contemporary theater and playwriting, from jazz and opera to politics and cultural memory.Suzan-Lori Parks in Person contains 18 interviews, some previously untranscribed or specially undertaken for this book, plus commentaries on her work by ... Read more

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