Labyrinth of hybridities : avatars of O'Neillian realism in multi-ethnic American drama (1972-2003) / Marc Maufort

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PROLOGUE. Negotiating the Labyrinth of Hybridities : Multi-ethnic Refractions of O'Neillian Realism -- I. Interpreting the Twilight : Hybridizations of Realism in Recent African American Drama. 1. "Celebrating in their Cultural Madness" : George Wolfe's The Colored Museum -- 2. Itineraries of Empowerment : August Wilson's Magic Realism -- 3. O'Hara's and Deavere Smith's "Insurrectional" History Plays -- 4. Possessions : Suzan-Lori Parks's Mutable Dramaturgies -- II. Forging Voices of Difference : Reconfigurations of Realism in Latina/o Drama. 1. Floating in and out of Dreams : José Rivera's Stage Tectonics -- 2. In Search of Aztlán : Cherríe Moraga's Chicana Dramaturgies -- 3. Remembering the Tropics : The Plays of Nilo Cruz -- III. "Truth is what we hear in our stories" : Reinventing Realism in First Nations Drama. 1. Hanay Geiogamah's Unsettling Dramaturgies -- 2. Yellow Robe's Quest for Aesthetic Independence -- 3. Spiderwoman's Storyweaving -- 4. Diane Glancy's "Realized Improbabilities" -- 5. Annette Arkeketa's "Captured Images" -- IV. Trans-Pacific Journeys : Transcending Realism in Contemporary Asian American Drama. 1. East/West Collisions : David Henry Hwang's Enactments of Asian American Identities -- 2. Bridging Two Continents : Velina Hasu Houston's Playwriting -- 3. Diasporic Itineraries : Philip Kan Gotanda's Dramaturgies -- 4. Chay Yew's Language of Fractured Dreams -- EPILOGUE. Variations on an O'Neillian Template : Multi-ethnic Transgressions of Dramatic Realism.