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Dramatic Movement of African American Women: The Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class
The book demonstrates the experiences of Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry, and Suzan-Lori Parks in comparison with the dramas of each other and those of other African American women. These women playwrights created a militant theatre and a theatre of experience that applied to both the African American community in general and African and African American women in particular. They have been encompassed within African American woman’s aesthetics that shares the militancy and experiencecharacterized by a triple factor: race, gender, and class.

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Dramatic Movement of African American Women: The Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class
The book demonstrates the experiences of Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry, and Suzan-Lori Parks in comparison with the dramas of each other and those of other African American women. These women playwrights created a militant theatre and a theatre of experience that applied to both the African American community in general and African and African American women in particular. They have been encompassed within African American woman’s aesthetics that shares the militancy and experiencecharacterized by a triple factor: race, gender, and class.

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Dramatic Movement of African American Women: The Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class

Dramatic Movement of African American Women: The Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class

by Yuvraj Nimbaji Herode
Dramatic Movement of African American Women: The Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class
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Dramatic Movement of African American Women: The Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class

Dramatic Movement of African American Women: The Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class

by Yuvraj Nimbaji Herode

Overview

The book demonstrates the experiences of Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry, and Suzan-Lori Parks in comparison with the dramas of each other and those of other African American women. These women playwrights created a militant theatre and a theatre of experience that applied to both the African American community in general and African and African American women in particular. They have been encompassed within African American woman’s aesthetics that shares the militancy and experiencecharacterized by a triple factor: race, gender, and class.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781839988257
Publisher: Anthem Press
Publication date: 07/11/2023
Series: Anthem Africology , #1
Pages: 202
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Dr Yuvraj Nimbaji Herode is an assistant professor in the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1- Introduction to Dramatic Movement of African American Women; Chapter 2- Alice Childress; Chapter 3- Lorraine Hansberry; Chapter 4- Suzan-Lori Parks; Chapter 5- Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

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