Black Women Playwrights

Black Women Playwrights Visions on the American Stage - Studies in Modern Drama

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Publisher's Synopsis

This collection of critical essays on plays by African American female playwrights from the post-reconstruction period to the present provides thematic analyses of plays by major and less widely known African American women playwrights The contributors examine the plays as vehicles of public discourse, and as explorations of issues of African American identity. Essays explore the themes of sexuality, agency, anger, and self-concept in the plays of African American Women.

Book information

ISBN: 9781138964778
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
DEWEY: 812.009896073
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 238
Weight: 298g
Height: 133mm
Width: 214mm
Spine width: 26mm

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