Difference between revisions of "Black theatre"
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| + | [[Black theatre]] is a term used internationally to distinguish dramatic work created and performed by, for, and about people of colour. | ||
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| + | Called [[Black theater]] in the United States, where it refers to a dramatic movement encompassing plays written by, for, and about African Americans. (Also known as [[African American theatre]])[https://www.britannica.com/art/black-theatre] | ||
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[[Ian Steadman|Steadman, Ian P.]] 1984a. Alternative politics, alternative performance; 1976 and Black South African theatre, in [[Margaret J. Daymond|Daymond, Margaret J.]], [[Johan Jacobs|Jacobs, Johan]] & [[Margaret Lenta|Lenta, Margaret]] (eds.). ''Momentum: On Recent South African Writing''. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press. 215-232. | [[Ian Steadman|Steadman, Ian P.]] 1984a. Alternative politics, alternative performance; 1976 and Black South African theatre, in [[Margaret J. Daymond|Daymond, Margaret J.]], [[Johan Jacobs|Jacobs, Johan]] & [[Margaret Lenta|Lenta, Margaret]] (eds.). ''Momentum: On Recent South African Writing''. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press. 215-232. | ||
Revision as of 06:03, 23 November 2024
Black theatre is a term used internationally to distinguish dramatic work created and performed by, for, and about people of colour.
The term
Called Black theater in the United States, where it refers to a dramatic movement encompassing plays written by, for, and about African Americans. (Also known as African American theatre)[1]
Suggested sources
Steadman, Ian P. 1984a. Alternative politics, alternative performance; 1976 and Black South African theatre, in Daymond, Margaret J., Jacobs, Johan & Lenta, Margaret (eds.). Momentum: On Recent South African Writing. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press. 215-232.
Steadman, Ian P. 1984b. Alternative theatre: fifty years of performance in Johannesburg, in White, Landeg and Couzens, Tim (eds.). Literature and Society in South Africa. Pinelands, Cape Town : Maskew Miller Longman. 138-146.
Steadman, Ian P. 1984c. Black South African theatre after nationalism. English Academy Review, 2:9-18.
Steadman, Ian P. 1984d. Theatre, criticism and cultural studies: new directions for the 1980s. Teaterforum, 5(1): 80-93.
Steadman, Ian P. 1985a. Drama and social consciousness: themes in Black theatre on the Witwatersrand until 1984. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand.
Steadman, Ian P. 1985b. The other face. Index to Censorship, 14 (1): 26-30.
Steadman, Ian P. 1985c. The radical paradigm in South African theatre studies: a review of Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa, by Robert Mshengu Kavanagh. Critical Arts, 4(1):80-84.
Steadman, Ian P. 1985d. Stages in the revolution: Black South African theater since 1976. Research in African Literatures, 19(1).
Keyan G. Tomaselli. 1981. Black South African Theatre: Text and Context in English in Africa, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Mar., 1981), pp. 51-58.
