{"product_id":"approaches-to-teaching-barakas-dutchman-matthew-calihman-9781603293556","title":"Approaches to Teaching Baraka's Dutchman","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 \u003ci\u003eDutchman\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Calihman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603293558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603293556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Language Association of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Matthew Calihman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449783464191,"sku":"9781603293556","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_34cc5c75-c5ae-49bb-bef1-87fa25a1bbc3.jpg?v=1777264892","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/approaches-to-teaching-barakas-dutchman-matthew-calihman-9781603293556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}