{"product_id":"the-civil-rights-theatre-movement-in-new-york-1939-1966-staging-freedom-hardcover","title":"The Civil Rights Theatre Movement in New York, 1939-1966: Staging Freedom - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie Burrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that African American theatre in the twentieth century represented a cultural front of the civil rights movement. Highlighting the frequently ignored decades of the 1940s and 1950s, Burrell documents a radical cohort of theatre artists who became critical players in the fight for civil rights both onstage and offstage, between the Popular Front and the Black Arts Movement periods. \u003ci\u003eThe Civil Rights Theatre Movement\u003c\/i\u003e recovers knowledge of little-known groups like the Negro Playwrights Company and reconsiders Broadway hits including Lorraine Hansberry's \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun, \u003c\/i\u003e showing how theatre artists staged radically innovative performances that protested Jim Crow and U.S. imperialism amidst a repressive Cold War atmosphere. By conceiving of class and gender as intertwining aspects of racism, this book reveals how civil rights theatre artists challenged audiences to reimagine the fundamental character of American democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that African American theatre in the twentieth century represented a cultural front of the civil rights movement. Highlighting the frequently ignored decades of the 1940s and 1950s, Burrell documents a radical cohort of theatre artists who became critical players in the fight for civil rights both onstage and offstage, between the Popular Front and the Black Arts Movement periods. \u003ci\u003eThe Civil Rights Theatre Movement\u003c\/i\u003erecovers knowledge of little-known groups like the Negro Playwrights Company and reconsiders Broadway hits including Lorraine Hansberry's \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun, \u003c\/i\u003e showing how theatre artists staged radically innovative performances that protested Jim Crow and U.S. imperialism amidst a repressive Cold War atmosphere. By conceiving of class and gender as intertwining aspects of racism, this book reveals how civil rights theatre artists challenged audiences to reimagine the fundamental character of American democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Burrell\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Professor of English and Black Studies at Cleveland State University, USA. She has published in \u003ci\u003eMELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eContinuum: The Journal of African Diaspora Drama, Theatre and Performance\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in the volume \u003ci\u003eImagining the Black Female Body: Reconciling Image in Print and Visual Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47416680972466,"sku":"9783030121877","price":145.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7a5f37ec67f5d70d7f4cd36b3c4d6cbb.webp?v=1778413001","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-civil-rights-theatre-movement-in-new-york-1939-1966-staging-freedom-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}