Staging faith : religion and African American theater from the Harlem renaissance to World War II /
Prentiss, Craig R.
Staging faith : religion and African American theater from the Harlem renaissance to World War II / Craig R. Prentiss. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Setting the stage -- New territory -- Lynching and the faraway God -- Caught within the shadow -- Blackness in the image of God.
In the years between the Harlem Renaissance and World War II, African American playwrights gave birth to a vital Black theater movement in the U.S. It was a movement overwhelmingly concerned with the role of religion in Black identity. In a time of profound social transformation fueled by a massive migration from the rural south to the urban-industrial centers of the north, scripts penned by dozens of Black playwrights reflected cultural tensions, often rooted in class, that revealed competing conceptions of religion's role in the formation of racial identity.
9780814708408 0814708404
4FC4EAA3-2849-4E4E-8180-B37DD2FEF4CB OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt8jtqgv JSTOR
016565484 Uk
1900-1999
African American theater--History--20th century.
American drama--African American authors--History and criticism.
Theater--Religious aspects.
Religion in literature.
Théâtre noir américain--Histoire--20e siècle.
Théâtre américain--Auteurs noirs américains--Histoire et critique.
Théâtre--Aspect religieux.
Religion dans la littérature.
PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--General.
RELIGION--General.
African American theater
American drama--African American authors
Religion in literature
Theater--Religious aspects
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
PN2270.A35 / P74 2013eb
792.089/96073
Staging faith : religion and African American theater from the Harlem renaissance to World War II / Craig R. Prentiss. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Setting the stage -- New territory -- Lynching and the faraway God -- Caught within the shadow -- Blackness in the image of God.
In the years between the Harlem Renaissance and World War II, African American playwrights gave birth to a vital Black theater movement in the U.S. It was a movement overwhelmingly concerned with the role of religion in Black identity. In a time of profound social transformation fueled by a massive migration from the rural south to the urban-industrial centers of the north, scripts penned by dozens of Black playwrights reflected cultural tensions, often rooted in class, that revealed competing conceptions of religion's role in the formation of racial identity.
9780814708408 0814708404
4FC4EAA3-2849-4E4E-8180-B37DD2FEF4CB OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt8jtqgv JSTOR
016565484 Uk
1900-1999
African American theater--History--20th century.
American drama--African American authors--History and criticism.
Theater--Religious aspects.
Religion in literature.
Théâtre noir américain--Histoire--20e siècle.
Théâtre américain--Auteurs noirs américains--Histoire et critique.
Théâtre--Aspect religieux.
Religion dans la littérature.
PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--General.
RELIGION--General.
African American theater
American drama--African American authors
Religion in literature
Theater--Religious aspects
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
PN2270.A35 / P74 2013eb
792.089/96073