Contemporary Black British Playwrights: Margins to Mainstream
Lynette Goddard
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Description for Contemporary Black British Playwrights: Margins to Mainstream
Hardcover. This book examines the socio-political and theatrical conditions that heralded the shift from the margins to the mainstream for black British Writers, through analysis of the social issues portrayed in plays by Kwame Kwei-Armah, debbie tucker green, Roy Williams, and Bola Agbaje. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
This book examines the socio-political and theatrical conditions that heralded the shift from the margins to the mainstream for black British Writers, through analysis of the social issues portrayed in plays by Kwame Kwei-Armah, debbie tucker green, Roy Williams, and Bola Agbaje.
This book examines the socio-political and theatrical conditions that heralded the shift from the margins to the mainstream for black British Writers, through analysis of the social issues portrayed in plays by Kwame Kwei-Armah, debbie tucker green, Roy Williams, and Bola Agbaje.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230237483
SKU
V9780230237483
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15
About Lynette Goddard
Lynette Goddard is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. As well as several journal articles and book chapters on contemporary black British playwriting, her publications include writing Staging Black Feminisms: Identity, Politics, Performance (Palgrave, 2007), co-editing Modern and Contemporary Black British Drama (Palgrave, 2014), and selecting and introducing The Methuen ... Read more
Reviews for Contemporary Black British Playwrights: Margins to Mainstream
“Goddard (Royal Holloway, Univ. of London, UK) explores contemporary black British theater through close analyses of work by Kwame Kwei-Armah, debbie tucker green, Roy Williams, and Bola Agbaje. … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers.” (T. F. DeFrantz, Choice, Vol. 53 (8), April, 2016) “A major strength is undoubtedly that they ... Read more