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African American women playwrights confront violence : a critical study of nine dramatists / Patricia A. Young.

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.

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.
Subject
  • African American women > Intellectual life
  • African Americans in literature
  • American drama > 20th century > History and criticism
  • American drama > History and criticism
  • Lynching in literature
  • Race relations in literature
  • Social problems in literature
  • Violence in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Early African American women confront lynching -- Life stories -- The plays. Lynching dramas -- Miscegenation dramas -- Judicial system dramas -- Ida B. Wells dramas -- Patriotic dramas -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9780786444557 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 078644455X (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2012021414