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Black Theatre: Ritual Performance In The African Diaspora
Editor: Harrison, Paul Carter; Editor: Walker, Victor Leo
Paperback; 1 Table 472 pages Published: June 2002 Temple University Press
ISBN: 1566399440
Generating a new understanding of the past--as well as a vision for the future--this path-breaking volume contains essays written by playwrights, scholars, and critics that analyze African-American theatre as it is practiced today.This volume contains essays that analyze African American theatre as it is practised today. The contributors argue for a Black consciousness that creates cuturally specific theatre, which is rooted in African mythos, offering ritual rather than realism and renewing the community.

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