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Sistuhs in the Struggle: An Oral History of Black Arts Movement Theater and Performance Paperback – October 15, 2020

by La Donna Forsgren (Author)
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The first oral history to fully explore the contributions of black women intellectuals to the Black Arts Movement, Sistuhs in the Struggle reclaims a vital yet under-researched chapter in African American, women’s, and theater history. This groundbreaking study documents how black women theater artists and activists—many of whom worked behind the scenes as directors, designers, producers, stage managers, and artistic directors—disseminated the black aesthetic and emboldened their communities.

Drawing on nearly thirty original interviews with well-known artists such as Ntozake Shange and Sonia Sanchez as well as less-studied figures including distinguished lighting designer Shirley Prendergast, dancer and choreographer Halifu Osumare, and three-time Tony-nominated writer and composer Micki Grant, La Donna L. Forsgren centers black women’s cultural work as a crucial component of civil rights and black power activism. Sistuhs in the Struggle is an essential collection for theater scholars, historians, and students interested in learning how black women’s art and activism both advanced and critiqued the ethos of the Black Arts and Black Power movements.

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  1. Print length
    376 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Northwestern University Press
  4. Publication date
    October 15, 2020
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0810142562
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0810142565
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“In 1959, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry won the New York Drama Critics' Circle award and was named Best Play. This play, along with the civil rights movement, ignited an explosion of Black Arts throughout the country. African Americans were able to obtain funding, theater spaces, publishing, and training. What has been missing is more accountability for the history of the women from this period . . . Sistuhs in the Struggle has answered this call and this need . . . I taught African American Women in Theatre every year from 1988 to 2014, and this book would/could have been my textbook.” —Lundeana M. Thomas, contributor to Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora



“Sistuhs in the Struggle’s interviews capture the aesthetic and geographical variety of better-known and less-heralded women working in Black Arts theater. It is an invaluable resource for understanding how gender inflected the day-to-day work in Black Arts performance, shaping its development and legacies.” —James Smethurst, author of The Black Arts Movement: Literary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s

“In transcribed conversations with African American women from the realm of Black Arts Movement theater and performance—Sonia Sanchez, Ntozake Shange, Judy Juanita, and others—La Donna L. Forsgren shares their personal insights into the connection between the arts and the social activism of black power. Sistuhs in the Struggle is a valuable resource for amplifying women’s participation in the Black Arts Movement, while also fleshing out the complexity of the struggle." —Jo-Ann Morgan, author of The Black Arts Movement and the Black Panther Party in American Visual Culture

". . . a vital and timely addition to the historical record." —M. S. LoMonaco, Fairfield University, CHOICE

“Sistuhs in the Struggle is an important contribution to the studies of Black theater and performance, and specifically discourses on the Black Arts Movement and feminist theater . . . Forsgren’s project illuminates the past, but also individual and collective artistic processes. In many ways, it read as a roadmap from those who have laid this foundation before us. Mapping Black women’s intellectual and artistic contributions in the fields of theater, drama, and performance, Forsgren complicates the Black Arts Movement and creates an archive for additional study and introspection.” —Le’mil L. Eiland, Theatre Topics
 

About the Author

LA DONNA L. FORSGREN is an associate professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of In Search of Our Warrior Mothers: Women Dramatists of the Black Arts Movement (Northwestern University Press, 2018).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Northwestern University Press (October 15, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0810142562
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0810142565
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Long overdue.
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This collection of Oral History interviews is long overdue. Black women behind the scenes are too often neglected for their contribution in the theatre. Forsgren acknowledges many of the women from the Black Arts Movement (BAM) who have made a difference, not only in the BAM, but American theatre in general.
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