About this title: The time is 1927. The place is a run-down recording studio in Chicago. Ma Rainey, the legendary blues singer is due to arrive with her entourage to cut new sides of old favorites. Waiting for her are her black musician sidemen, the white owner of the record company, and her white manager. What goes down in the session to come is more than music. ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780452261136ISBN:0452261139
Description: Fine. Excellent copy with a hint of shelfwear Excellent copy, tight, bright and clean with NO Markings or underlining to text. All items ship from Gig Harbor, Wa within 24 hrs! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Plume, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780452261136ISBN:0452261139
Description: Very Good. 5 1/2" x 8" Text clean & bright; binding tight; very minor wear to covers; remainder mark on the bottom edge. 111 pages. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Plume, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780452261136ISBN:0452261139
Description: Very Good. As issued No Jacket. Slight spine lean, minor shopwear, otherwise a nice clean copy. Play by the author of Fences. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Plume, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780452261136ISBN:0452261139
Description: Very Good. As issued No Jacket. Series of small black marks on lower corner of front cover, otherwise a nice clean copy. Play by the author of Fences. read more
"One of a series of plays that African-American playwright August Wilson wrote about the black experience in each decade of the 20th century. I had seen a performance of his "Gem of the Ocean" in Pittsburgh, the late Wilson's home town, and was intrigued by his insights into the struggles and deprivations endured. A bit wordy, with a dramatic finale that leaves the reader with the question of why the self-destructive violence, but the perpetrator of the crime had been a witness to horrible abuse in the South."
"The third book of the August Wilson Century Cycle series did not fail to catch my attention at all. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom exemplifies the Roaring 20's through the African- American perspective and the beauty of jazz and blues comes alive. Set in 1927, the play revolves around the "Mother of Blues" Ma Rainey and her band including Toledo, Leevee, Slow Drag, Cutler and her manager, Mr. Irvin. Although music is one of the highlighted themes of the play, the deeper message is the issues of true freedom that blacks had trouble gaining in "white America". Even if they are famous, they still get treated with disrespect and are degraded because of the color of their skin. Some of the most memorable parts of the play include Leevee's soliloquy in the middle of the book and the ending, which shocks the reader and makes them question the motives of trying to fit in a society that does not allow you to. I have been getting into the habit of reading a lot more plays. This being the second Wilson play, alongside Fences that has caught my attention. I am definitely going to continue reading the entire series to see how Wilson is able to capture the highlights of Black America through each decade of the 1900's."
"An African-American play about identity and sticking to one's culture and traditions! An amazing play about the Queen of Blues striving with her identity, representing a whole race,among a white community!!"
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