African American women playwrights confront violence
Subtitle: a critical study of nine dramatists
By: Patricia A. Young
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; Brand: McFarland; McFarland
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780786444557
Subjects: African Americans in literature; African American women; Violence in literature; Lynching in literature; Intellectual life; History and criticism; American drama; Women authors; Social problems in literature; African American authors; Race relations in literature
Description: "This critical and gender-focused text scrutinizes the role of lynching dramas and social protest plays produced by African-American women"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Early African American women confront lynching; title: Life stories; title: The plays. Lynching dramas; title: Miscegenation dramas; title: Judicial system dramas; title: Ida B. Wells dramas; title: Patriotic dramas; title: Conclusion.