King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays
Author: Floyd Dell
Publisher:
Published: 1922
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13:
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Playing with Languages
Author: Amy L. Paugh
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2012-09-01
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 0857457616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver several generations villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Drawing on detailed ethnographic fieldwork and analysis of video-recorded social interaction in naturalistic home, school, village and urban settings, the study explores this paradox and examines the role of children and their social worlds. It offers much-needed insights into the study of language socialization, language shift and Caribbean children’s agency and social lives, contributing to the burgeoning interdisciplinary study of children’s cultures. Further, it demonstrates the critical role played by children in the transmission and transformation of linguistic practices, which ultimately may determine the fate of a language.
Selected Plays of Stan Lai
Author: Stan Lai
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2021-12-20
Total Pages: 521
ISBN-13: 0472129554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese volumes feature works from across Lai’s career, providing an exceptional selection of a diverse range of performances. Volume One contains: Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land Look Who's Crosstalking Tonight The Island and the Other Shore I Me She Him Ménage à 13
Hurt Village
Author: Katori Hall
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 83
ISBN-13: 0822226820
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"It's the end of a long summer in Hurt Village, a housing project in Memphis, Tennessee. A government Hope Grant means relocation for many of the project's residents, including Cookie, a thirteen-year-old aspiring rapper, along with her mother, Crank, and great-grandmother, Big Mama. As the family prepares to move, Cookie's father, Buggy, unexpectedly returns from a tour of duty in Iraq. Ravaged by the war, Buggy struggles to find a position in his disintegrating community, along with a place in his daughter's wounded heart."--Publisher description.
The Chinese Lady
Author: Lloyd Suh
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 0822239906
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfong Moy is fourteen years old when she’s brought to the United States from Guangzhou Province in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, she has been put on display for the American public as “The Chinese Lady.” For the next half-century, she performs for curious white people, showing them how she eats, what she wears, and the highlight of the event: how she walks with bound feet. As the decades wear on, her celebrated sideshow comes to define and challenge her very sense of identity. Inspired by the true story of Afong Moy’s life, THE CHINESE LADY is a dark, poetic, yet whimsical portrait of America through the eyes of a young Chinese woman.
Urinetown
Author: Greg Kotis
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2003-02-19
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780571211821
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The English-speaking World
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 1150
ISBN-13:
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