
- 540 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Ishmael Reed's career as one of our great playwrights has long been eclipsed by his other work. Here published for the first time, Reed's plays follow the ancient tradition of using the theater as a forum in which the official versions of our history can be critiqued. Dealing with subjects that mainstream theatergoers might find disturbingāhomelessness, the arbitrary entrapment of a black politician, the excesses of the radical feminist movement, the use of black conservatives to promote right-wing agendas, the exploitation of blacks and Africans as unsuspecting guinea pigs by the pharmaceutical industry, and the hypocrisy of the Christian churchāReed's plays are a pungent antidote to the watered-down world of contemporary pop culture, where, Reed argues, minority voices remain as marginalized and stigmatized as they were a hundred years ago.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Also By
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- MOTHER HUBBARD
- SAVAGE WILDS
- HUBBA CITY
- THE PREACHER AND THE RAPPER
- THE C ABOVE C ABOVE HIGH C
- BODY PARTS
- About the Author
- Copyright