The African-American Guide to Divorce & Drama

The African-American Guide to Divorce & Drama
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Publisher : Khari Publishing Limited
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1939724007
ISBN-13 : 9781939724007
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The African-American Guide to Divorce & Drama by : Lester Barclay

The first-ever comprehensive book on divorce tailored specifically for the black community skillfully shepherds readers through the often painful process of separation and divorce, while seeking to minimize the "drama" and trauma for them and their children. Its message focuses primarily on divorce and nonmarital separation, alongside custody, visitation, child support, financial disputes, and related issues in the context of African American cultural and social realities. The guide, which features a foreword by television celebrity Judge Mablean Ephriam, draws on the author's extensive experience as a matrimonial lawyer. Via the book's 22 chapters and multiple sections, he underscores the unique cultural distinctions underlying most African American divorces and separations, including such areas as the matriarchal composition of many black families, the influential role of the Black Church, and the community's general reluctance to seek mental health therapy, among others. The guide covers divorce drama and its aftermath in five dimensions: personal, legal and financial, family, community, and life after.

A Reader's Guide to Modern American Drama

A Reader's Guide to Modern American Drama
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Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0815629397
ISBN-13 : 9780815629399
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis A Reader's Guide to Modern American Drama by : Sanford Sternlicht

Sanford Sternlicht presents a comprehensive survey of modern American drama beginning with its antecedents in Victorian melodrama through the present. He discusses the work and achievement of more than seventy playwrights, from Eugene O’Neill to Suzan-Lori Parks—from the golden era of Broadway to the rise of Off-Broadway and regional theater. Stern-licht shows how world theater influenced the American stage, and how the views of American dramatists reflected the great American social movements of their times. In addition, he describes the contributions of early experimental theater, the Federal Theater of the 1930s, African American, feminist, and gay and lesbian drama—and the joyous trends and triumphs of American musical theater.

The Cambridge Guide to African American History

The Cambridge Guide to African American History
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 351
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ISBN-10 : 9781107103399
ISBN-13 : 1107103398
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Guide to African American History by : Raymond Gavins

Intended for high school and college students, teachers, adult educational groups, and general readers, this book is of value to them primarily as a learning and reference tool. It also provides a critical perspective on the actions and legacies of ordinary and elite blacks and their non-black allies.

A Study Guide for Joseph A. Walker's "The River Niger"

A Study Guide for Joseph A. Walker's
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Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Total Pages : 31
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ISBN-10 : 9781410356833
ISBN-13 : 1410356833
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis A Study Guide for Joseph A. Walker's "The River Niger" by : Gale, Cengage Learning

A Study Guide for Joseph A. Walker's "The River Niger," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
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Publisher : Amistad
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 0062692666
ISBN-13 : 9780062692665
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by : Joy DeGruy

From acclaimed author and researcher Dr. Joy DeGruy comes this fascinating book that explores the psychological and emotional impact on African Americans after enduring the horrific Middle Passage, over 300 years of slavery, followed by continued discrimination. From the beginning of American chattel slavery in the 1500’s, until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, Africans were hunted like animals, captured, sold, tortured, and raped. They experienced the worst kind of physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual abuse. Given such history, Dr. Joy DeGruy asked the question, “Isn’t it likely those enslaved were severely traumatized? Furthermore, did the trauma and the effects of such horrific abuse end with the abolition of slavery?” Emancipation was followed by another hundred years of institutionalized subjugation through the enactment of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws, peonage and convict leasing, and domestic terrorism and lynching. Today the violations continue, and when combined with the crimes of the past, they result in further unmeasured injury. What do repeated traumas visited upon generation after generation of a people produce? What are the impacts of the ordeals associated with chattel slavery, and with the institutions that followed, on African Americans today? Dr. DeGruy answers these questions and more as she encourages African Americans to view their attitudes, assumptions, and emotions through the lens of history. By doing so, she argues they will gain a greater understanding of the impact centuries of slavery and oppression has had on African Americans. Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome is an important read for all Americans, as the institution of slavery has had an impact on every race and culture. “A masterwork. [DeGruy’s] deep understanding, critical analysis, and determination to illuminate core truths are essential to addressing the long-lived devastation of slavery. Her book is the balm we need to heal ourselves and our relationships. It is a gift of wholeness.”—Susan Taylor, former Editorial Director of Essence magazine

The Oxford Guide to Plays

The Oxford Guide to Plays
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 561
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ISBN-10 : 9780198604181
ISBN-13 : 0198604181
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oxford Guide to Plays by : Michael Patterson

Anyone with an academic, professional, amateur, or recreational interest in the theatre is likely to want to look up details of particular plays sometimes - perhaps to check on the author, or on when they were first performed, or perhaps to see how many characters they have, and whether or not they would be suitable for their theatre company or drama group to perform. The Oxford Dictionary of Plays provides essential information on the 1000 best-known, best-loved, and most important plays in world theatre. Each entry includes details of title, author, date of composition, date of first performance, genre, setting, and the composition of the cast, and more. A synopsis of the plot and a brief commentary, perhaps on the context of the play, or the reasons for its enduring popularity, follow. Around 80 of the most significant plays - from The Oresteia to Waiting for Godot - are dealt with in more detail. Genres covered include: burlesque, comedy, farce, historical drama, kabuki, masque, melodrama, morality play, mystery play, No, romantic comedy, tragicomedy, satire, and tragedy. An index of characters enables the reader to locate favourite characters, and trace the trajectory of major historical and legendary characters - such as Iphigenia - through world drama, including in plays that do not have entries in the Dictionary. An index of playwrights, with dates, allows the reader to find all the plays included by a particular author.

African American Dramatists

African American Dramatists
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 542
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ISBN-10 : 9780313052897
ISBN-13 : 0313052891
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis African American Dramatists by : Emmanuel S. Nelson

Despite their significant contributions to the American theater, African American dramatists have received less critical attention than novelists and poets. This reference offers thorough critical assessments of the lives and works of African American playwrights from the 19th century to the present. The book alphabetically arranges entries on more than 60 dramatists, including James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Ossie Davis, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the playwright's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. African American dramatists have made enormous contributions to the theater and their works are included in numerous editions and anthologies. Some of the most popular plays of the 20th century have been written by African Americans, and high school students and undergraduates study their works. But for all their popularity and influence, African American playwrights have received less critical attention than poets and novelists. This reference offers thorough critical assessments of more than 60 African American dramatists from the 19th century to the present.

Guide to Books on Black Americans

Guide to Books on Black Americans
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Publisher : Nova Biomedical Books
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015034506322
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Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Guide to Books on Black Americans by : G. P. Manat

This book presents 2322 full citations of books from 1990-1993 including subject headings of books dealing with Black Americans. Full author and subject indexes are provided for easy access to this compilation. Entries cover topics as diverse as: civil war history, sports figures, literature, civil rights, movies and television, religion, culture, politics and government, social life and customs, arts and artists, philosophy.

The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre

The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 0521564441
ISBN-13 : 9780521564441
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre by : Don B. Wilmeth

"This new and updated Guide, with over 2,700 cross-referenced entries, covers all aspects of the American theatre from its earliest history to the present. Entries include people, venues and companies scattered through the U.S., plays and musicals, and theatrical phenomena. Additionally, there are some 100 topical entries covering theatre in major U.S. cities and such disparate subjects as Asian American theatre, Chicano theatre, censorship, Filipino American theatre, one-person performances, performance art, and puppetry. Highly illustrated, the Guide is supplemented with a historical survey as introduction, a bibliography of major sources published since the first edition, and a biographical index covering over 3,200 individuals mentioned in the text."--BOOK JACKET.