{"product_id":"9780810855342","title":"Historical Dictionary of African American Theater (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfrican American Theater is a vibrant and unique entity enriched by ancient Egyptian rituals, West African folklore, and European theatrical practices. A continuum of African folk traditions, it combines storytelling, mythology, rituals, music, song, and dance with ancestor worship from ancient times to the present. It afforded black artists a cultural gold mine to celebrate what it was like to be an African American in The New World.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Historical Dictionary of African American Theater celebrates nearly 200 years of black theater in the United States, identifying representative African American theater-producing organizations and chronicling their contributions to the field from its birth in 1816 to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on actors, directors, playwrights, plays, theater producing organizations, themes, locations, and theater movements and awards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scarecrow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52276065993015,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1083.6,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/3548\/7543\/files\/9780810855342-1.jpg?v=1783127762","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9780810855342","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}