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Category Archives: theatre
Chinatown Opera Theater in North America wins AMS Music in American Culture Award
in american history, announcement, awards, music, theatre
Tagged award winners, music
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We’re pleased to announce that Chinatown Opera Theater in North America by Nancy Yunhwa Rao has been awarded the AMS Music in American Culture Award. The Music in American Culture Award honors each year a book of exceptional merit that both … Continue reading
“Chinatown Opera Theater in North America” wins Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, Roots, or World Music
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We’re pleased to announce that Chinatown Opera Theater in North America by Nancy Yunhwa Rao has won a Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, Roots, or World Music from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. Begun in … Continue reading
Release Party: Politicizing Creative Economy, by Dia Da Costa
in anthropology, folklore, theatre, women
Tagged Asian studies, drama, India, sociology, theater, women and gender studies
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Scholars increasingly view the arts, creativity, and the creative economy as engines for regenerating global citizenship, renewing decayed local economies, and nurturing a new type of all-inclusive politics. Dia Da Costa delves into the global development, nationalist and leftist/progressive histories … Continue reading
The new theater
in black studies, theatre
Tagged African American, Contemporary Plays by African American Women: Ten Complete Works, plays, Sandra Adell, theater, women
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African American female playwrights, though still too often overlooked, have made great strides in the new century. Sandra Adell‘s new edited anthology presents ten works by contemporary African American women determined to bring dazzling new representations of black lives to the theater. Taken … Continue reading
New in paperback: poetry and opera
in American literature, biography, black studies, feminist studies, literary studies, music, poetry, religion, theatre, women's history
Tagged Dana Greene, Denise Levertov, new in paperback
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Two UIP titles are now available in paperback editions. Denise Levertov: A Poet’s Life Called by Kenneth Rexroth “the most subtly skillful poet of her generation,” British-born Denise Levertov authored twenty-four volumes of poetry, four books of essays, and several … Continue reading
The American Theatre and Drama Society awards Living with Lynching
in author events, awards, theatre
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The American Theatre and Drama Society has awarded its 2011/2012 Annual Book Award to Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930. This award recognizes outstanding works that expand and challenge the field of American theatre and … Continue reading
Q&A with La Voz Latina co-editor Elizabeth C. Ramírez
in author commentary, latino studies, theatre
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Elizabeth C. Ramírez is the is the fine arts specialist administrator with the Edgewood Independent School District of San Antonio, Texas, and co-editor of the new book La Voz Latina: Contemporary Plays and Performance Pieces by Latinas. ***** Q: You have … Continue reading