Labyrinth of Hybridities : Avatars of O'Neillian Realism in Multi-ethnic American Drama (1972-2003).
Title:
Labyrinth of Hybridities : Avatars of O'Neillian Realism in Multi-ethnic American Drama (1972-2003).
Author:
Maufort, Marc.
ISBN:
9783035260281
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (246 pages)
Series:
Dramaturgies ; v.25
Dramaturgies
Contents:
Table of Contents -- Prefatory Note and Acknowledgments 9 -- PROLOGUE. Negotiating the Labyrinth of Hybridities: Multi-ethnic Refractions of O'Neillian Realism 11 -- CHAPTER I. Interpreting the Twilight: Hybridizations of Realism in Recent African American Drama 33 -- I. "Celebrating in their Cultural Madness": George Wolfe's The Colored Museum 35 -- II. Itineraries of Empowerment: August Wilson's Magic Realism 42 -- III. O'Hara's and Deavere Smith's "Insurrectional" History Plays 52 -- IV. Possessions: Suzan-Lori Parks's Mutable Dramaturgies 66 -- CHAPTER II. Forging Voices of Difference: Reconfigurations of Realism in Latina/o Drama 101 -- I. Floating in and out of Dreams: José Rivera's Stage Tectonics 102 -- II. In Search of Aztlán: Cherríe Moraga's Chicana Dramaturgies 119 -- III. Remembering the Tropics: The Plays of Nilo Cruz 129 -- CHAPTER III. "Truth is what we hear in our stories": Reinventing Realism in First Nations Drama 139 -- I. Hanay Geiogamah's Unsettling Dramaturgies 144 -- II. Yellow Robe's Quest for Aesthetic Independence 151 -- III. Spiderwoman's Storyweaving 153 -- IV. Diane Glancy's "Realized Improbabilities" 160 -- V. Annette Arkeketa's "Captured Images" 165 -- CHAPTER IV. Trans-Pacific Journeys: Transcending Realism in Contemporary Asian American Drama 175 -- I. East/West Collisions: David Henry Hwang's Enactments of Asian American Identities 177 -- II. Bridging Two Continents: Velina Hasu Houston's Playwriting 189 -- III. Diasporic Itineraries: Philip Kan Gotanda's Dramaturgies 196 -- IV. Chay Yew's Language of Fractured Dreams 203 -- EPILOGUE. Variations on an O'Neillian Template: Multi-ethnic Transgressions of Dramatic Realism 217 -- WORKS CITED 223 -- INDEX 237.
Abstract:
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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