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Taumann, Beatrix
»Strange Orphans«

Contemporary African American Women Playwrights.

»As a black woman, or as a woman writer, or as a black writer, I don't stand in line for the income and the rewards, and that bothers me a lot.« (Playwright Adrienne Kennedy). Considering the fact that American theater and drama in general has received little attention, it is understandable that there will be even less criticism available on the theater of black women, a marginalized, almost invisible, group in American society. However, plays by black women present both formal and thematic innovations drawing from a black theater tradition and feminist performance thought. Taumann introduces this body of neglected texts and illustrates their diversity in both content and form. An extensive bibliography provides assistance for future work. 342 Seiten, broschiert (Studien zur »Neuen Welt«; Vol. 7/Königshausen & Neumann 1999) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear