Scarecrow Press
Pages: 612
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Trim: 5¾ x 9
978-0-8108-2222-1 • Hardback • May 1991 • $147.00 • (£113.00)
Edward Mapp is Professor of Speech, Communications, & Theatre Arts at Borough of Manhattan Community College and a member of the New York City Commission on Human Rights. He is an active member of the Black Filmmakers Foundation and AUDELCO, organizations devoted to recognizing the achievements of the black performing artist.
...authoritative...
— American Theatre
...excellent and unique...Recommended.
— Classic Images
Mapp includes basic facts on a wide spectrum of those in the performing arts and that is the book's chief advantage...recommended for libraries where there is interest in black performance in the arts.
— CHOICE
Public libraries, as well as academic libraries with performing arts, popular culture, and black studies collections, will welcome the new edition.
— Booklist
...remains a valuable biographic tool.
— American Reference Books Annual
This is probably the most complete reference of its type for both current and past performers.
— Library Journal
As a reference work, it is quite an achievement.
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