{"product_id":"in-search-of-our-warrior-mothers-women-dramatists-of-the-black-arts-movement-paperback-softback-9780810136939","title":"In Search of Our Warrior Mothers; Women Dramatists of the Black Arts Movement (Paperback \/ softback) 9780810136939","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn Search of Our Warrior Mothers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWomen Dramatists of the Black Arts Movement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLa Donna Forsgren (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780810136939\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 15 black \u0026amp; white images\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 14.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.29 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a well-written and highly original study. There currently isn't another book that covers in such detail the work of these playwrights, and it should therefore make a major contribution to the field of African American theater history.\"\" - Sandra Adell, author of \u003ci\u003eDouble-Consciousness\/Double Bind: Theoretical Issues in Twentieth-Century Black Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Plays by African American Women: Ten Complete Plays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Black Arts Movement (1965-76) consisted of artists across the United States deeply concerned about the relationship between politics and the black aesthetic. \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Our Warrior Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e examines how the Black Arts Movement provided a forum for black women playwrights to express feminist attitudes from within black nationalist discourses. La Donna L. Forsgren recuperates the careers, artistic theories, and dramatic contributions of leading women playwrights of the Black Arts Movement: Martie Evans-Charles, J.e. Franklin, Sonia Sanchez, and Barbara Ann Teer. Presenting four original case studies, Forsgren uses original interviews, production recordings, playbills, and unpublished manuscripts to investigate the careful negotiations of writers who contributed significantly to the creation, interpretation, and dissemination of black aesthetic theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack feminist drama, Forsgren argues, was a development within the Black Arts Movement, not a sharp break from it. Despite operating within a masculinist context that equated the collective well-being of black people with black male agency, these black women intellectuals centered their dramas around black women, validated female aspirations for autonomy, and explored women\u0026amp;rsquo;s roles in the struggle for liberation from white hegemony. Whether working from within or outside of tightly knit Black Arts circles, these warrior mothers resisted both racism and sexism and redefined black empowerment to include the liberation of women, men, and children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Search of Our Warrior Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e opens an interdisciplinary conversation at the intersections of theater, performance, feminist, and African American studies, identifying and critiquing the gaps and silences within these fields.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“\u003cbr\u003eSet Your Blackness Free”\u003cbr\u003e: Barbara Ann Teer’\u003cbr\u003es Art and Activism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCHAPTER TWO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003eWe Black Women\"\u003cbr\u003e: Martie Evans-Charles and the Spirits of Black Womanhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCHAPTER THREE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“\u003cbr\u003eArmed Prophet”\u003cbr\u003e: Sonia Sanchez and the Weapon of Words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCHAPTER FOUR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“\u003cbr\u003eBring Your Wounded Hearts”\u003cbr\u003e: J.e. Franklin and the Art of Liberation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEPILOGUE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet the Search Continue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAPPENDIXES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA. Chronology of Barbara Ann Teer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB. Chronology of Martie Evans-Charles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eC. Chronology of Sonia Sanchez\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eD. Chronology of J.e. Franklin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNOTES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555666489624,"sku":"9780810136939","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-search-of-our-warrior-mothers-women-dramatists-of-the-black-arts-movement-paperback-softback-9780810136939","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}