Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities
(Book)
Author
Contributors
West, Cornel, writer of foreword.
Published
New York : Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1993.
ISBN
0385470142, 9780385470148
Status
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Berwyn Public Library - Stacks | 812.54 SMI | On Shelf |
| Chicago Heights Public Library - Stacks | 812.54 S64 | On Shelf |
| Cicero Public Library - Stacks | 812.54 SMI | On Shelf |
| Cicero Public Library - Stacks | 812.54 SMI | On Shelf |
| Cicero Public Library - Stacks | 812.54 SMI | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Drama.
Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Monologues (Drama)
New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Drama.
Verbatim theater.
Violence -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Drama.
Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Monologues (Drama)
New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Drama.
Verbatim theater.
Violence -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
More Details
Published
New York : Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1993.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
lx, 141 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0385470142, 9780385470148
Notes
Description
Smith's off-Broadway play is as much a commentary on current racial tensions as it is a work of drama. Award-winning writer and solo performer Smith derived her scripts from interviews with people who experienced or observed New York's 1991 Crown Heights racial riots.
Description
"Derived from interviews with a wide range of people who experienced or observed New York's 1991 Crown Heights racial riots, Fires In The Mirror is as distinguished a work of commentary on black-white tensions as it is a work of drama. In August 1991 simmering tensions in the racially polarized Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood of Crown Heights exploded into riots after a black boy was killed by a car in a rabbi's motorcade and a Jewish student was slain by blacks in retaliation. Fires in the Mirror is dramatist Anna Deavere Smith's stunning exploration of the events and emotions leading up to and following the Crown Heights conflict. Through her portrayals of more than two dozen Crown eights adversaries, victims, and eyewitnesses, using verbatim excerpts from their observations derived from interviews she conducted, Smith provides a brilliant, Rashomon-like documentary portrait of contemporary ethnic turmoil."--Publisher's description.
Target Audience
NP,Lexile
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Smith, A. D., & West, C. (1993). Fires in the mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities (First Anchor books edition.). Anchor Books/Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smith, Anna Deavere and Cornel, West. 1993. Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities. Anchor Books/Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smith, Anna Deavere and Cornel, West. Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1993.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Smith, Anna Deavere,, and Cornel West. Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities First Anchor books edition., Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1993.
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