Images of Integration and Miscegenation in Alice Childress's Plays

ISBN-13: 9783330029149 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 180 str.

Alaa Alsaady

Opis

In this literary work,Alaa Alsaady addresses themes of Integration and Miscegenation for the African-Americans in the United States during a very critical era of the twentieth century.The Civil Rights Era spans roughly from the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s, and it was a time of social, political,cultural and economic change in South Africa and the United States.Alice Childress's plays discussed herewith are Trouble in Mind 1955,Wedding Band 1966 and Wine in the Wilderness 1969 are vital reflections for the struggle of African Americans during that period.Each play of these plays presents a story of struggle with a modern type that mimics the human needs for achieving better life aspirations.Alaa Alsaady tries to present a picture of the old and new,black and white, males and females,poor and rich for characters portrayed earlier by Alice Childress as real humans with ups and downs,yet Alsaady introduces them here as reflections for the earlier images and echoes of those simple black folks inetgrated with their white peers and still are felt by the reader as authentic people of every time.Readers will find this book as up to date in content,modern in subject and very interesting.

O autorze

Alaa Alsaady got his MA in English Literature from the College of Education/ Ibn Rushd for Humanitarian Sciences/ University of Baghdad/ IRAQ in 2016. He is concerned with African American Drama and studies. He is also interested in writing articles and researches on various literary topics in both English and American literature.