Strange fruit : plays on lynching by American women / edited by Kathy A. Perkins and Judith L. Stephens.

Other author Perkins, Kathy A., 1954-
Other author Stephens, Judith L. (Judith Louise), 1943-
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1998.
Descriptionx, 423 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Lynching--United States. --Drama.
American drama--Women authors.
American drama--African American authors.
African Americans--Drama.

Contents Lynching dramas and women : history and critical context / Judith L. Stephens -- Impact of lynching on the art of African American women / Kathy A. Perkins -- Rachel (1916) / Angelina Weld Grimké -- Aftermath (1919) / Mary Powell Burrill -- Forfeit (1925) / Corrie Crandall Howell -- Sunday morning in the South (1925) ; Safe (c.1929) ; Blue-eyed Black boy (c.1930) / Georgia Douglas Johnson -- Climbing Jacob's ladder (1931) / Regina M. Anderson Andrews -- Black souls (1932) / Annie Nathan Meyer -- Nails and thorns (1933) / May Miller -- Lawd, does you undahstan'? (1936) / Ann Seymour Link -- Voice in the wilderness (1944) / Evelyn Keller Caldwell -- Strange fruit (1945) / Lillian Smith -- Miss Ida B. Wells (1983) / Endesha Ida Mae Holland -- Bridge party (1989) / Sandra Seaton -- Iola's letter (1994) / Michon Boston.
Local noteLittle-306031--305131011591U
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [417]-423).
LCCN 97029605
ISBN0253333563 (alk. paper)
ISBN0253211638 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS627.L95 S73 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold