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Informationen zum Autor Philip C. Kolin is the University Distinguished Professor in the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he teaches classes in American drama and Shakespeare. He has published more than 40 books and 200 articles. Klappentext The first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, Suzan-Lori Parks has received international recognition for her provocative and influential works. Her plays capture the nightmares of African Americans endangered by a white establishment determined to erase their history and eradicate their dreams. A dozen essays address Parks's plays, screenplays and novel. Additionally, this book includes two original interviews (one with Parks and another with her long-time director Liz Diamond) and a production chronology of her plays. Zusammenfassung Examines the work of Suzan Lori-Parks! the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama. The collected essays assess her plays - including their historical and philosophical roots - her novel and her screenplays. A production chronology of her plays is also provided. It includes an interview with Lori-Parks and another with her long-time director Liz Diamond. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsPreface Puck's Magic Mojo: The Achievements of Suzan-Lori Parks PHILIP C. KOLINEverything and Nothing: The Political and Religious Nature of Suzan-Lori Parks's "Radical Inclusion" RENA FRADEN"Jazzing" Time, Love, and the Female Self in Three Early Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks JACQUELINE WOOD"You one of uh mines?" Dis(re)membering in Suzan-Lori Parks's Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom PHILIP C. KOLINSampling and Remixing: Hip Hop and Parks's History Plays NICOLE HODGES PERSLEY"For the Love of the Venus": Suzan-Lori Parks, Richard Foreman, and the Premiere of Venus SHAWN-MARIE GARRETT"A Full Refund Aint Enough": Money in Suzan-Lori Parks's Red Letter Plays JON DIETRICKDoes Reshuffling the Cards Change the Game? Structures of Play in Parks's Topdog/Underdog JOCHEN ACHILLESSuzan-Lori Parks's 365 Days/365 Plays: A (W)hole New Approach to Theatre JENNIFER LARSONParks and the Traumas of Childhood CHRISTINE WOODWORTHDemeter, Persephone and Willa Mae Beede: Suzan-Lori Parks Gets Mother's Body GLENDA DICKER/SUNThe Unconscious and Metaphors in Suzan-Lori Parks's Screenplays of Girl 6 and Their Eyes Were Watching God CHARLENE REGESTERAn Interview with Suzan-Lori Parks SHAWN-MARIE GARRETTA Parks Remix: An Interview with Liz Diamond FAEDRA CHATARD CARPENTERA Production History of the Works of Suzan-Lori Parks RICHARD E. KRAMERAbout the Contributors Index ...
