The Power of Black Theater: Imamu Amiri Baraka and Ed Bullins’s Plays as Reflections of the Transformation of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s – Bc. Lenka Váňová
Bc. Lenka Váňová
Master's thesis
The Power of Black Theater: Imamu Amiri Baraka and Ed Bullins’s Plays as Reflections of the Transformation of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s
The Power of Black Theater: Imamu Amiri Baraka and Ed Bullins’s Plays as Reflections of the Transformation of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s
Abstract:
Práce se zabývá divadelními hrami Dutchman a The Slave (obě z roku 1964) od Imamu Amiri Baraky a We Righteous Bombers (1969) Eda Bullinse. Hry jsou rozebrány na základě kontextu šedesátých let minulého století a hnutí za občanská práva pro americké černochy. Základním argumentem práce je, že tyto hry představují důležitý dokument měnících se postojů v rámci černošské komunity a zároveň že divadlo samo …moreAbstract:
This thesis examines Imamu Amiri Baraka’s theater plays Dutchman (1964) and The Slave (1964) and Ed Bullins’s We Righteous Bombers (1969) while grounding them in the historical context of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It is argued that the plays are potent documents of the changing mood within the black community in the United States as well as significant sites for both analyzing and challenging …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 24. 11. 2009
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/gqs8l/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 17. 2. 2010
- Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.
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VÁŇOVÁ, Lenka. \textit{The Power of Black Theater: Imamu Amiri Baraka and Ed Bullins’s Plays as Reflections of the Transformation of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2009. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/vap3ga/.
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