"Sturdy black bridges" on the American stage : the portrayal of Black motherhood in selected plays by contemporary African American women playwrights /

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Author / Creator:	Bösch, Susanna A., 1967-
Imprint:	Frankfurt am Main ; New York : P. Lang, c1996.
Description:	318 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Aachen British and American studies, 0721-3980 ; vol. 8
Subject:	American drama -- African American authors -- History and criticism. Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century. American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism. American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism. African American women in literature. Mother and child in literature. Motherhood in literature. Mothers in literature. African American theater. African American women in literature. African American women -- Intellectual life. American drama. American drama -- African American authors. American drama -- Women authors. Mother and child in literature. Motherhood in literature. Mothers in literature. Women and literature. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3072258

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ISBN:	3631301367 0820431796 (U.S.)
Notes:	Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Innsbruck, 1994. Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-318).

Table of Contents:

I. Foreword
II. Black Motherhood: Myth and Reality. 1. Stereotypical Images of the Black Mother. 1.1. The Happy, Humble Mammy. 1.2. The Strong, Dominating Matriarch. 2. The Historical Importance of the Black Mother. 2.1. The African 'Queen'. 2.2. The 'Slavebreeder'. 2.3. The 'Free' Mother. 3. The Joys and Pains of Black Motherhood Today. 3.1. The Single Mother. 3.2. The Mother-Son Relationship. 3.3. The Mother-Daughter-Relationship. 3.4. The Disgraceful Mother. 4. The Black Grandmother: Surrogate Mother and Savior of the Black Family
III. Their Place on the Stage: Women Playwrights and African American Theater. 1. Being Black, Female and a Writer. 2. The Black American Woman as Playwright - A Powerful and Exciting Force in Today's Theater. 3. Images of Black Mothers in Afro-American Drama
IV. A Discussion of Selected Black Women Playwrights and Their Plays. 1. J. e Franklin. 1.1. Black Girl (1969). 1.2. "The Onliest One That Can't Go Nowhere" (1992). 2. Ntozake Shange. 2.1. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1976). 2.2. "Spell # 7" (1979). 3. Aishah Rahman. 3.1. "Unfinished Women Cry in No Man's Land While a Bird Dies in a Gilded Cage" (1977). 3.2. The Mojo and the Sayso (1988). 4. Pearl Cleage. 4.1. "Hospice" (1983). 5. P. J. Gibson. 5.1. "Brown Silk and Magenta Sunsets" (1985). 6. Lee Hunkins. 6.1. "Place Settings" (1991). 7. Kim Hines. 7.1. "Who Was I the Last Time I Saw You?" (1991).

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