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African American women playwrights confront violence : a critical study of nine dramatists
- Title
- African American women playwrights confront violence : a critical study of nine dramatists / Patricia A. Young.
- Author
- Young, Patricia A., 1952-
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- vii, 192 p.; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This critical and gender-focused text scrutinizes the role of lynching dramas and social protest plays produced by African-American women"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- American drama > African American authors > History and criticism
- Black author
- American drama > Women authors > History and criticism
- Social problems in literature
- African American women > Intellectual life
- Violence in literature
- Lynching in literature
- Race relations in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American drama > 20th century > History and criticism
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Early African American women confront lynching -- Life stories. Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson -- Angelina Weld Grimke -- Mary Powell Burrill -- Georgia Douglas Johnson -- Myrtle Smith Livingston -- Alice Herndon Childress -- Sandra Cecelia Browne Seaton -- Endesha Ida Mae Holland -- Michon Boston -- The plays. Lynching dramas -- Miscegenation dramas -- Judicial system dramas -- Ida B. Wells dramas -- Patriotic dramas -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-372
- ISBN
- 9780786444557 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 078644455X (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012021414
- OCLC
- 757462048
- Author
- Young, Patricia A., 1952-
- Title
- African American women playwrights confront violence : a critical study of nine dramatists / Patricia A. Young.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-372