Staging Faith : : Religion and African American Theater from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II / / Craig R. Prentiss.
In the years between the Harlem Renaissance and World War II, African American playwrights gave birth to a vital black theater movement in the U.S. It was a movement overwhelmingly concerned with the role of religion in black identity. In a time of profound social transformation fueled by a massive...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1. Setting the Stage
- 2. New Territory
- 3. Lynching and the Faraway God
- 4. Caught within the Shadow
- 5. Blackness in the Image of God
- Conclusion
- List of Acronyms
- notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author