Radical vision : a biography of lorraine hansberry / / Soyica Diggs Colbert

• Autore: Colbert Soyica Diggs <1979->
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 pages) : 19 black-white illustrations
• Disciplina: 812.54092
• Soggetto topico: African American dramatists; African American political activists - 20th century; Lesbian dramatists - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Biographies.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Notes of a Native Daughter -- Chapter 1 Practices of Freedom -- Chapter 2 The Shaping Force of A Raisin in the Sun -- Chapter 3 Origins: Black Radicalism as a Shapeshifting Pursuit -- Chapter 4 The Movement -- Chapter 5 From Liberals to Radicals -- Chapter 6 With Her Mind Stayed on Freedom -- Epilogue: Alternative Endings -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Radical vision
• ISBN: 0-300-25833-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910554492203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II