1st Edition

Contemporary African American Theater Afrocentricity in the Works of Larry Neal, Amiri Baraka, and Charles Fuller

By Nilgun Anadolu-Okur Copyright 1997
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

The Black Arts Movement was sparked by the Civil Rights movement and the urge to produce and revitalize functional, realistic, and holistic symbols to express African American creativity. When Larry Neal began his quest for a new dramatic form to epitomize African American self-determination he laid the foundation upon which his friends and compatriots-Amiri Baraka and Charles Fuller-would build.... Read more
Chapter 1 The Critical Tradition in Drama; Chapter 2 Larry Neal; Chapter 3 Amiri Baraka; Chapter 4 Charles Fuller; Conclusion Selected Bibliography; Index;

Biography

Nilgun Anadolu-Okur

"An important and essential, in-depth examination of Afro-American cultural history." -- Internet Bookwatch