| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 157 pages) : portrait. |
| Series |
Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 652 |
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Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 652.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151) and index. |
| Summary |
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Alice Childress. |
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A founding member of the American Negro Theatre, Childress became in 1952 the first African-American woman to see her play (Gold through the Trees) professionally produced in New York and in 1956 the first to receive an Obie Award (for Trouble in Mind). She is perhaps best known today, for A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich, her 1973 novel for young adults about a 13-year-old black boy addicted to heroin. At the time of her death in 1994, Childress could lay claim to a writing career of more than 40 years in which she examined with honesty and passion the meaning of being black, and especially of being black and female, in a culture where being white and male was what counted. As Childress herself once said, "I concentrate on portraying have-nots in a have society." |
| Contents |
"Turning against the tide" -- "Ain't you mad?" : women, anger, and interracial conflict -- Blacks in the abstract versus "flesh and blood niggers" : the black bourgeoisie, the matriarchy, and intraracial conflict -- "It's nation time" : the adolescent search for selfhood and acceptance -- A short walk -- "A candle in a gale wind." |
| Access |
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| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
License restrictions may limit access. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost Biography Reference Center |
| Subject |
Childress, Alice -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Childress, Alice. (OCoLC)fst00035859
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Childress, Alice.
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature. (OCoLC)fst00799727
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Women and literature. (OCoLC)fst01177093
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Indexed Term |
English drama |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jennings, La Vinia Delois. Alice Childress. New York : Twayne Publishers ; London : Prentice Hall International, ©1995 0805739637 (DLC) 95006127 (OCoLC)32050492 |
| ISBN |
9780805738216 (electronic book) |
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0805738215 (electronic book) |
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9780805739633 |
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0805739637 |
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