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The Motherhood Aesthetic in Contemporary Black American Plays
Rogers, La Tanya L. Reese; Walker, Tanya E.
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- Title
- The Motherhood Aesthetic in Contemporary Black American Plays
- Author(s)
- Rogers, La Tanya L. Reese
- Walker, Tanya E.
- Issue Date
- 2025-04-08
- Keyword(s)
- Motherhood
- Dramatic Aesthetic
- Black Women
- Contemporary plays
- Date of Ingest
- 2025-04-14T13:15:02-05:00
- Abstract
- This collection introduces the "Black female Motherhood Aesthetic," a theory revealing the complexities of Black motherhood in contemporary America. Through an interpretation of plays written by Black female playwrights Suzan-Lori Parks, Cheryl West, Aishah Rahman, Dael Orlandersmith, and Velina Hasu Houston, the authors define the aesthetic to showcase the full humanity of Black women, exploring Black women's self-determination, trauma, bravery, and joy. These playwrights engage in "response writing," allowing their characters to address their lived experiences. Issues like skin-color marginalization, intersectional identity, and family dislocation are reexamined. This aesthetic challenges past portrayals of the idealized Black family, presenting diverse and realistic representations of motherhood. It affirms that Black families are not homogenous, but multifaceted, reflecting the varied realities of Black women's lives. This title was peer reviewed with a single-blind process by the AFRO-PWW editorial board. Please cite this book using the DOI: 10.21900/pww.29.
- Publisher
- Illinois Open Publishing Network
- Type of Resource
- text
- still image
- Genre of Resource
- book
- Language
- eng
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21900/pww.29
- Copyright and License Information
- Copyright (c) 2025 La Tanya L. Reese Rogers and Tanya E. Walker. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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