{"product_id":"august-wilson-in-context-hardback-9781009363211","title":"August Wilson in Context (Hardback) 9781009363211","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAugust Wilson in Context\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChronicling August Wilson's career and legacy, this guide demonstrates his ongoing significance within present-day culture and politics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKhalid Y. Long (Edited by), Isaiah Matthew Wooden (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009363211, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e412 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.8 cm, 0.73 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAugust Wilson is one of the twentieth century's most important and acclaimed playwrights. This volume demonstrates Wilson's significance to contemporary theatre, culture, and politics by providing fresh and compelling insights into his life, practices, and contributions as an artist and public intellectual. Across four thematically organized sections, contributors situate Wilson's work in his social, cultural and political contexts, examine ongoing developments in Wilson studies, explore the production contexts of his plays, and explicate his dramaturgical sensibilities and strategies. This is the authoritative guide to Wilson's career and artistic legacy for students, theatre practitioners, and general readers interested in this remarkable figure.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Khalid Y. Long and Isaiah Matthew Wooden\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Influences and Inspirations: 1. Pittsburgh's Hill District: the people, the places, the history Laurence Glasco\u003cbr\u003e 2. Walking the streets of the city: August Wilson's place in American theatre Heather S. Nathans\u003cbr\u003e 3. August Wilson and the chitlin circuit Rashida Z. and Shaw McMahon\u003cbr\u003e 4. Jorge Luis Borges and August Wilson Paul Devlin\u003cbr\u003e 5. Seeing and being, the part and the whole: the influence of Romare Bearden on August Wilson Jon Dietrick\u003cbr\u003e 6. Of 'manners and rituals': Baldwin, Bullins and the portrayals of Black life Ernest L. Gibson III\u003cbr\u003e 7. August Wilson as predecessor Patrick Maley\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Politics and Debates: 8. August Wilson's women Leticia L. Ridley\u003cbr\u003e 9. Black masculinity and homosocial bonding in August Wilson's dramas J. Ken Stuckey\u003cbr\u003e 10. What is this 'Africa' in August Wilson's plays and scholarship? Sandra L. Richards\u003cbr\u003e 11. 'In my mother's house': August Wilson's portrait of the Black family Sandra G. Shannon\u003cbr\u003e 12. Transformative movements: August Wilson and the great migration Ladrica Menson-Furr\u003cbr\u003e 13. August Wilson wrestles with the Black middle class Lisa B. Thompson\u003cbr\u003e 14. After the reckoning: revisiting August Wilson's 'The Ground on Which I Stand' in the wake of Black Lives Matter Aviva Helena Neff\u003cbr\u003e 15. The enduring charge of August Wilson's 'I want a Black director' Isaiah Matthew Wooden\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Productions and Collaborations: 16. August Wilson at Penumbra Macelle Mahala\u003cbr\u003e 17. August Wilson, Chicago, and the Goodman theatre Megan E. Geigner\u003cbr\u003e 18. From 1984 to 2024: August Wilson on Broadway Christopher Bell\u003cbr\u003e 19. Directing August Wilson on the British stage: Paulette Randall's productions of 'The Piano Lesson' and 'Fences' Lynette Goddard\u003cbr\u003e 20. African American cinematic language and the American century cycle Monica White Ndounou\u003cbr\u003e 21. Creating dangerous music: the August Wilson archive at the University of Pittsburgh Library System Leah Mickens and William Daw\u003cbr\u003e 22. Directing Wilson: a roundtable conversation with Denise Chapman, TammyRa' Jackson, Ron O. J. Parson, Mark Clayton Southers, Timothy Douglas, Seret Scott, and Bartlett Sher DeRon S. Williams\u003cbr\u003e 23. Cultural magpies: a conversation with Jack Magaw and Regina García Khalid Y. Long\u003cbr\u003e 24. Designing August: a conversation with Constanza Romero and David Gallo Willa J. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Critical and Comparative Contexts: 25. Aunt Ester and performing memory Omiyẹmi (Artisia) Green\u003cbr\u003e 26. Redefining American theatre: August Wilson and David Henry Hwang Khalid Y. Long\u003cbr\u003e 27. Uneasy lie the heads that wear the crowns: constructing a spiritual center in 'The Emperor Jones and King Hedley II' Donald P. Gagnon\u003cbr\u003e 28. The influence of images: Hank Aaron and the Little Rock Nine as sources of dramatic tension in 'Fences' Ellen Bonds\u003cbr\u003e 29. August Wilson's generative 'Gem' for re-embodiment, materiality, and migratory transformation Iyanna Hamby\u003cbr\u003e 30. August Wilson and dramaturgy: discovering oral traditions in the American century cycle Melonnie Walker.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413992173848,"sku":"9781009363211","price":87.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009363211i.jpg?v=1784334442","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/august-wilson-in-context-hardback-9781009363211","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}