Hansberry's Hidden Transcript.

An essay is presented critiquing the 1959 Broadway play "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry, focusing on its expression of African American culture in the face of threats of White racist violence. The author describes the work as an exile narrative. An overview is given criticizing the pred...

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Published in:	Journal of Popular Culture (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 119 - 143
Main Author:	LIPARI, LISBETH
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Feb2013
Subjects:	Raisin in the Sun, A (Play : Hansberry) Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 African American drama Segregation of African Americans Racism in literature Exile (Punishment) in literature Twentieth century History Drama criticism Social history Chicago (Ill.)
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