%0 Book
%A Carol Allen
%D 2021
%C New York, United States of America
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%T Peculiar Passages
%B Black Women Playwrights, 1875 to 2000
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1143686
%X This book features African American women playwrights from 1875 to 2000, with an emphasis on the late nineteenth century, a period rarely treated in regard to women’s drama. Highlighting the lesser-known Pauline Hopkins, Angelina Weld Grimké, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Eulalie Spence, and May Miller, and the well-known Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Childress, Adrienne Kennedy, and Ntozake Shange, Peculiar Passages argues that these playwrights’ efforts define a tradition characterized by quick-change mobility, sensitivity to vernacular forms, and dedication to intertextual dialogue. Situating the plays within a broader context, the book also connects them to minstrelsy, the Passion Play, and the Black Arts Movement.
%K Frauendrama, African American Women Playwright, American Women Writer, American Drama, Women's Drama, Playwright, American Playwright, African American Women Playwrights, African American Women Writers, American Women's Drama, American Theatre, Geschichte 1875-2000, African American Drama, USA, Weibliche Schwarze
%G English