Labyrinth of hybridities : avatars of O'Neillian realism in multi-ethnic American drama (1972-2003)
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Labyrinth of hybridities : avatars of O'Neillian realism in multi-ethnic American drama (1972-2003)
（Dramaturgies, no. 25）
P.I.E. Peter Lang, c2010
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Labyrinth of hybridities : avatars of O'Neillian realism in multi-ethnic American drama 1972-2003
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-236) and index
Contents of Works
- Negotiating the labyrinth of hybridities : multi-ethnic refractions of O'Neillian realism
- Interpreting the twilight : hybridizations of realism in recent African American drama
- Forging voices of difference : reconfigurations of realism in latina/o drama
- "Truth is what we hear in our stories" : reinventing realism in First Nations drama
- Trans-Pacific journeys : transcending realism in contemporary Asian American drama
- Variations on an O'Neillian template : multi-ethnic transgressions of dramatic realism
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Taking its cue from Eugene O'Neill's questioning of faithful realism, voiced by Edmund Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night, this book examines the distant legacy of the Irish American playwright in contemporary multiethnic drama in the U.S. It explores the labyrinth of formal devices through which African American, Latina/o, First Nations, and Asian American dramatists have unconsciously reinterpreted O'Neill's questioning of mimesis. In their works, hybridizations of stage realism function as aesthetic celebrations of the spiritual potentialities of cultural in-betweenness. This volume provides detailed analyses of over forty plays authored by such key artists as August Wilson, Suzan-Lori Parks, Jose Rivera, Cherrie Moraga, Hanay Geiogamah, Diane Glancy, David Henry Hwang, and Chay Yew, to give only a few prominent examples. All in all, Labyrinth of Hybridities invites its readers to reassess the cross-cultural patterns characterizing the history of twentieth century American drama.
Table of Contents
Contents: Multi-ethnic American drama - Eugene O'Neill - Dramatic realism - African American theatre - Latina/o American drama - First Nations drama - Asian American theatre.
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