[[abstract]]A Raisin in the Sun (1959) is the first play written by an African American woman to be produced in a Broadway theater, and the writer, Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965), became the first black playwright to win the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. Set in a segregated Chicago neighborhood in the 1950s, A Raisin in the Sun realistically reflects the historical background of the African American civil rights movement. This paper examines gender relations in the Younger family through an analysis of the family structure, which symbolically represents black society during the period of the civil rights movement, in order to problematize the dual oppression of gender and race. Divided into three body sections, the paper first provi...
Students had to analyze a character from one of the many plays read and discussed during this semest...
Students had to analyze a character from one of the many plays read and discussed during this semest...
This article explores how Hansberry handles blacks’ dreams masterfully and uniquely in her play A Ra...
One of the seminal works in the African American body of theatre, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in t...
Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun premiered on the Broadway stage in January 1959 just a...
This research aims to know how black people represent their life in Americans society in 1950s and w...
Student editions, edited by Deidre Osborne A Raisin in the Sun is a classic American play: a grou...
This is one chapter of a full Honors’ Thesis entitled “The Visions of Women Created by Three Major F...
The late 1950’s were a time for revolution in African American history as the Civil Rights movement ...
This article examines the complexities in the lives of African-Americans. It discusses the psycho-so...
Hansberry raises racial and gender issues by putting on stage an African family whose female members...
This study aims at analyzing the psychological journey towards self-development and maturity of Mama...
The present study scrutinizes the inner as well as the outer truth of African Americans life under t...
A Raisin in the Sun demonstrates Black Imagination through Walter and Beneatha’s ability to overcome...
Students had to analyze a character from one of the many plays read and discussed during this semest...
Students had to analyze a character from one of the many plays read and discussed during this semest...
Students had to analyze a character from one of the many plays read and discussed during this semest...
This article explores how Hansberry handles blacks’ dreams masterfully and uniquely in her play A Ra...
One of the seminal works in the African American body of theatre, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in t...
Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun premiered on the Broadway stage in January 1959 just a...
This research aims to know how black people represent their life in Americans society in 1950s and w...
Student editions, edited by Deidre Osborne A Raisin in the Sun is a classic American play: a grou...
This is one chapter of a full Honors’ Thesis entitled “The Visions of Women Created by Three Major F...
The late 1950’s were a time for revolution in African American history as the Civil Rights movement ...
This article examines the complexities in the lives of African-Americans. It discusses the psycho-so...
Hansberry raises racial and gender issues by putting on stage an African family whose female members...
This study aims at analyzing the psychological journey towards self-development and maturity of Mama...
The present study scrutinizes the inner as well as the outer truth of African Americans life under t...
A Raisin in the Sun demonstrates Black Imagination through Walter and Beneatha’s ability to overcome...
Students had to analyze a character from one of the many plays read and discussed during this semest...
Students had to analyze a character from one of the many plays read and discussed during this semest...
Students had to analyze a character from one of the many plays read and discussed during this semest...
This article explores how Hansberry handles blacks’ dreams masterfully and uniquely in her play A Ra...