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Author:

Prentiss, Craig R., author.

Title:

Staging faith : religion and African American theater from the Harlem renaissance to World War II / Craig R. Prentiss.

Publisher:

New York Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiv, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

African American theater--History--20th century.
American drama--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Theater--Religious aspects.
Religion in literature.
African American theater.
American drama--African American authors.
Literature.
Religion.
Theater--Religious aspects.
1900 - 1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Setting the stage -- New territory -- Lynching and the far away God -- Caught within the shadow -- Blackness in the image of God.

ISBN:

0814708080 (pb : alk. paper)
9780814708088 (pb : alk. paper)
0814707955 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780814707951 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)844725991

LCCN:

2013018429

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)