TY - BOOK AU - Trudier Harris AU - Jennifer Larson PY - 2021 CY - New York, United States of America PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 1528-3887 TI - Reading Contemporary African American Drama T2 - Fragments of History, Fragments of Self UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1104046 N2 - Contemporary African American dramatists such as Amiri Baraka, James Baldwin, August Wilson, and Suzan-Lori Parks as well as Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, and Pearl Cleage find their creative inspiration in historical events from slavery to the civil rights movement. From the Emmett Till-inspired character in Baldwin’s Blues for Mister Charlie to Parks’s recreation of Lincoln and Booth, these playwrights show that history is the mirror that shapes the identities of African American writers and characters. KW - Geschichte 1959-2002, USA, Drama, Schwarze, African American literature, Identity, History LA - English ER -