Unfinished Business
"Reconfiguring History in Suzan-Lori Parks's "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4550002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alice Rayner (0000-0002-0999-3729), Harry J Elam |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 447 |
| Publication date | 1994-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3209069 |
| OpenAlex | W2335043245 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The Death of Last Black Man in Whole Entire World by Suzan-Lori Parks burst onto American stage in September of 1990. Critics hailed play a work of astounding power,' and a brilliant compression of black rage and hope.2 Parks was crowned theatre's vibrant new voice,3 an indigenous theatrical talent and the most promising playwright of year. At same time, Mel Gussow said her play was as recondite it is elliptical4 while another reviewer complained that the vivid dreams behind Parks's rigorously condensed method often clot perspective. Her work can be obtuse ... [making] connections that are, at best, allusive.5 The implication here is that lack of clear meaning and obvious references are somehow at odds with astounding power and brilliant compression of rage and hope-that play is powerful in spite of its obscurity-when in fact these lacks might better be seen source of that power
Art · Art history · Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research · History · Theater, Performance, and Music History · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2017 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |