{"product_id":"suzan-lori-parks-9780415542265","title":"Suzan-Lori Parks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuzan-Lori Parks confirmed herself as one of the most exciting and successful playwrights of her generation when her work \u003cem\u003eTopdog\/Underdog\u003c\/em\u003e was awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, making her the only African American woman to win the award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the cultural weight of this achievement, Parks remains difficult both to pigeonhole and to summarise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume seeks to provide a context for her work, with essays from major and emerging scholars addressing the importance of factors such as gender, ethnicity, language and history in plays from her first major work, \u003cem\u003eImperceptible Mutabilities of the Third Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e to the \u003cem\u003e365 Days \/ 365 Plays\u003c\/em\u003e project. \u003cem\u003eSuzan-Lori Parks: A Casebook\u003c\/em\u003e represents the first major study of this unique voice in contemporary drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContributors: Leonard Berkman, Jason Bush, Shawn Marie-Garrett, Andrea Goto, Heidi Holder, Barbara Ozieblo, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr and Harvey Young.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKevin J. Wetmore Jr\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Theatre at Loyola Marymount University, as well as being a professional actor and director of the Comparative Drama Conference. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Athenian Sun in an African Sky\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlack Dionysus: Greek Tragedy and African American Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlycia Smith-Howard\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Assistant Professor at New York University in the Gallatin School of Individualised Study, where she is the Artistic Director of the Gallatin Arts Festival and the Book Reviews Editor at the \u003cem\u003eNew England Theatre Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. A Fellow of the Folger Shakespeare Library, her areas of specialisation include Shakespeare, performance history, feminist theatre aesthetics and literature and drama of the south.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607856529644,"sku":"9780415542265","price":106.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780415542265-suzan-lori-parks.jpg?v=1778176048","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/suzan-lori-parks-9780415542265","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}