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Author:

Saal, Ilka, author.

Title:

Collusions of fact & fiction : performing slavery in the works of Suzan-Lori Parks and Kara Walker / Ilka Saal.

Publisher:

University of Iowa Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Parks, Suzan-Lori--Criticism and interpretation.
Walker, Kara Elizabeth.
Parks, Suzan-Lori.
Walker, Kara Elizabeth.
Slave trade in literature.
Slave trade in art.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans in art.
Blacks in literature.
Blacks in art.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
Blacks--Intellectual life.
African Americans in art.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
Blacks in art.
Blacks in literature.
Blacks--Intellectual life.
Slave trade in art.
Slave trade in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Other Authors:

University of Iowa Press, donor. donor. IaU

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Fictions of history and historiopoetic performances of the past -- Digging, rep & rev-ing, faking: Suzan-Lori Parks's historiopoetic praxis -- A sidelong glance at history: unreliable narration and the silhouette as blickmaschine in Kara Walker -- Stereotypes and theatricality: (Re)staging Black Venus -- Coda: wither historiopoiesis?

Summary:

"Collusions of Fact and Fiction is the first book-length study in the field to discuss the works of Suzan-Lori Parks and Kara Walker in conjunction with each other and to establish them as exemplary for a larger generational shift in how late twentieth century African American artists have been addressing the histories and legacies of New World slavery"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Studies in theatre history and culture

ISBN:

1609387783
9781609387785

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1230255088

LCCN:

2020051372

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)