LEADER 03179nam 2200529 450 001 9910554492203321 005 20230125151317.0 010 $a0-300-25833-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300258332 035 $a(OCoLC)1244630349 035 $a(CKB)4100000011867934 035 $a(DE-B1597)583184 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300258332 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6531311 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6531311 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011867934 100 $a20211016d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRadical vision $ea biography of lorraine hansberry /$fSoyica Diggs Colbert 210 1$aNew Haven, Connecticut :$cYale University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (320 pages) $c19 black-white illustrations 311 08$a0-300-24570-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Notes of a Native Daughter --$tChapter 1 Practices of Freedom --$tChapter 2 The Shaping Force of A Raisin in the Sun --$tChapter 3 Origins: Black Radicalism as a Shapeshifting Pursuit --$tChapter 4 The Movement --$tChapter 5 From Liberals to Radicals --$tChapter 6 With Her Mind Stayed on Freedom --$tEpilogue: Alternative Endings --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aA captivating portrait of Lorraine Hansberry?s life, art, and political activism In this first scholarly biography of Lorraine Hansberry (1930?1965), the author of A Raisin in the Sun, theater professor Soyica Diggs Colbert considers the playwright?s life at the intersection of art and politics, with the theater operating as a ?rehearsal room for [her] political and intellectual work.? Colbert argues that the success of Raisin overshadows Hansberry?s other contributions, including the writer?s innovative journalism and lesser known plays touching on controversial issues such as slavery, interracial communities, and black freedom movements. Colbert also details Hansberry?s unique involvement in the black freedom struggles during the Cold War and the early civil rights movement, in order to paint a full portrait of her life and impact. Drawing from Hansberry?s papers, speeches, and interviews, this book presents its subject as both a playwright and a political activist. It also reveals a new perspective on the roles of black women in mid-twentieth-century political movements. 606 $aAfrican American dramatists$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American political activists$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aLesbian dramatists$y20th century$vBiography 608 $aBiographies.$2fast 608 $aBiographies.$2lcgft 615 0$aAfrican American dramatists 615 0$aAfrican American political activists 615 0$aLesbian dramatists 676 $a812.54092 700 $aColbert$b Soyica Diggs$f1979-$01121289 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554492203321 996 $aRadical vision$92815686 997 $aUNINA