A Sourcebook on African-American Performance is the first volume to consider African-American performance between and beyond the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and the New Black Renaissance of the 1990s.As with all titles in the Worlds of Performance series; the Sourcebook consists of classic texts as well as newly commissioned pieces by notable scholars; writers and performers. It includes the plays Sallys Rape by Robbie McCauley and The American Play by Suzan-Lori Parks; and comes complete with a substantial; historical introduction by Annemarie Bean.Articles; essays; manifestos and interviews included cover topics such as:* theatre on the professional; revolutionary and college stages* concert dance* community activism * step shows* performance art.Contributors include Annemarie Bean; Ed Bullins; Barbara Lewis; John ONeal; Glenda Dickersun; James V. Hatch; Warren Budine Jr. and Eugene Nesmith.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Excellent addition to Reformation historyBy David J DavisThis is the most explorative volume on Reformation iconoclasm and the clearest analysis of the theological milieu of issues that surrounded 16th century Europe.Also; Michalski raises important and almost completely overlooked issues about connections between Eastern and Western European reforms and iconoclasm.Unfortunately; Michalski is far too willing to use the term iconophobia in contexts which are not entirely iconophobic; particularly in his discussion of John Calvin. Certainly; a solid argument can be made for Andreas Karlstadts iconophobic tendencies. However; the phenomena on the whole was not a part of the mainstream or even radical portions of the Reformation.Nevertheless; Michalskis book is a thorough analysis that deserves the attention of anyone interested in the Reformation; art; studies on violence; and Protestant theology.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Key to Reformation AestheticsBy Bob SwainThis book should be on the shelf of every theologian; poet; ideologue; etc. IT explains the image question from Luther and Karlstadts controversies through Calvinism and up through Eastern Orthodox divagations. The fun part is that the author is a Polish intellectual trapped in the Soviet imperialist system and published this in 1989 originally in Polish. The sly hits the author makes at Marxist iconomachy while seemingly discussing 1555 Moldavia just endlessly cracked me up; as they were so pointed; and yet so indirect.A must-read that should be on everybodys shelf from age 2 to 99.-- Kirby Olson0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. fantastic book! BravoBy yelena mazour-matusevichThis is a must. I read the entire book with pleasure. Very refreshing; well written; original. I am very interested in the subject. I highly recommend this book.