the perilous passage of African American women's dramatic discourse
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2015
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Sarada, Thallam
- Thesaurus
- Afro-Amerikaanse vrouwen, toneelschrijvers, identiteit, discourse analyse, Verenigde Staten, 2010-2019, 21e eeuw
- Description
- 'Author analyses the dramatic discourse of two African American women dramatists, Sonia Sanchez and Ntozake Shange. Author uses as its critical framework Erik Erikson’s theory of identity formation to examine their discourse, which challenges patriarchy and contemporary Anglo American feminist writings. Author also analyses the multiple ways in which Sanchez and Shange invent standard American English to present a unique African American women’s perspective. Their discourse, author argues, thus challenges the prevailing notions of power, truth, knowledge and ideology to give voice to the previously silent black women.'