Approaches to Teaching Baraka's Dutchman

Approaches to Teaching Baraka's Dutchman
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Publisher : Modern Language Association
Total Pages : 309
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ISBN-10 : 9781603293563
ISBN-13 : 1603293566
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Book Synopsis Approaches to Teaching Baraka's Dutchman by : Matthew Calihman

Download or read book Approaches to Teaching Baraka's Dutchman written by Matthew Calihman and published by Modern Language Association. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First performed in 1964, Amiri Baraka's play about a charged encounter between a black man and a white woman still has the power to shock. The play, steeped in the racial issues of its time, continues to speak to racial violence and inequality today. This volume offers strategies for guiding students through this short but challenging text. Part 1, "Materials," provides resources for biographical information, critical and literary backgrounds, and the play's early production history. The essays of part 2, "Approaches," address viewing and staging Dutchman theatrically in class. They help instructors ground the play artistically in the black arts movement, the beat generation, the theater of the absurd, pop music, and the blues. Background on civil rights, black power movements, the history of slavery, and Jim Crow laws helps contextualize the play politically and historically.


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