Lillian Hellman and August Wilson : dramatizing a new American identity
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Lillian Hellman and August Wilson : dramatizing a new American identity
（Modern American literature / Yoshinobu Hakutani, general editor, v. 37）
Peter Lang, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-153) and index
Contents of Works
- Diversity and the American dream
- Political activism and moral imperatives in the theoretical context
- The racial interface : construction of blackness and whiteness
- Lillian Hellman : rewriting history
- August Wilson : talking history
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Description
This book critically discusses the works of two seemingly different and unconnected playwrights, Lillian Hellman and August Wilson. By analyzing the black presence in Hellman and its counterpart white presence in Wilson, it exposes interracial boundaries and illuminates the architecture of the new American citizen through the examination of stereotypes, the revelation of sources of ongoing racial tension, and suggested solutions. Their dramas rewrite history to reflect their political activism and espouse a shared value system that demands responsible action, equitable reward, and recognition of women and African Americans as equally valuable citizens of American society.
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