Suzan-Lori Parks in Person - Interviews and Commentaries

"This collection of interviews with and by Suzan-Lori Parks offers unprecedented insight into her work, method and dramaturgy, 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, as well as commentaries on her work by major directors and critics, including Liz Diamond, Richard Foreman and Leah Gardiner. These contributions combine to honor the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in drama, and explore her ideas about theater, history, race, and gender. Material from a wide range of sources chronologically charts Parks' career from the 1990s to the present. This is a major collection with immediate relevance to students of American/African-American theater, literature and culture. Parks' engaging voice is brought to the fore throughout, making the book essential for undergraduates as well as scholars"--

Product details

• Authors: Philip Young Kolin
• Assisted by: Philip Kolin (Editor), Harvey Young (Editor), Young Harvey (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2013
• EAN: 9780415624916
• ISBN: 978-0-415-62491-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, History, Popular Culture, PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Humanities, Writing & editing guides, Performance Art, Writing and editing guides, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Black & Asian Studies, Literary studies: plays and playwrights