"You are always under attack": whiteness as law and terror in August Wilson's twentieth-century cycle of plays
Article Abstract:
African Americans are portrayed in many of August Wilson's plays as storytellers, while whites often symbolize the corrupt legal system that favors them. White characters tend to be judges, police, murderers and rapists, whose incursions into black lives are destructive and disruptive.
Publisher: American Drama Institute
Publication Name: American Drama
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 1061-0057
Year: 2001
United States, African Americans, Whites
Publication Name: American Drama
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 1061-0057
Year: 2001
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"More stories than the Devil got sinners": Troy's stories in August Wilson's 'Fences'
Article Abstract:
The use of stories is a key strategy to character development in August Wilson's play 'Fences.' Troy, the play's main character, adapts stories to social situations, while the stories illustrate the theme of duty in the face of unrelenting racism.
Publisher: American Drama Institute
Publication Name: American Drama
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 1061-0057
Year: 2000
20th century AD, Critical Essay, Storytelling, American drama, Fences (Play), African American dramatists, African American playwrights
Publication Name: American Drama
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 1061-0057
Year: 2000
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Subjects list: Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Wilson, August
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