When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in…

Part of a series tackling some of the most important novels written and studied, this title features explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols, analyses of characters and quotes, and…

Theater is an effective way of self-representation and a powerful weapon used in order to subvert hegemonic values. When considering contemporary drama, mainly the one produced by the so-called minority…

A loving, lavishly detailed (New York Times) and captivating portrait of Lorraine Hansberry’s life, art, and political activism-one of O Magazine’s best books of April 2021

Understanding the Black Family and Black Students shows how Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, should be used as a teaching tool to help educators develop a more…

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Le theatre est un moyen efficace d'auto-representation et une arme puissante utilisee pour subvertir les valeurs hegemoniques. Si l'on considere les pieces de theatre contemporaines, principalement celles produites par les…

This landmark volume brings readers an epic, eloquent work–the only edition available of the original script Lorraine Hansberry wrote to transform her incomparable stage play into film. This edition restores…