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Understanding Lynn Nottage
About this book
The first comprehensive study of the two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright
Lynn Nottage is one of the leading innovators in American theater today. In settings ranging from seventeenth-century France (Las Meninas) to twenty-first century conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ruined) and at a Pennsylvania factory (Sweat), she creatively foregrounds explorations of race, gender, and class.
In Understanding Lynn Nottage, Jennifer L. Hayes presents an accessible overview of Nottage's body of work to date, connecting her to other Black female playwrights and situating her in the African American literary tradition. In this character-driven study, Hayes examines how the playwright's dynamic narratives bring together diverse perspectives to address historical and contemporary issues. Hayes argues that Nottage privileges Black women's voices within vital discourse about topics such as migration, domestic terrorism, and historical erasure.
This book lays essential groundwork for future study of Nottage, who will continue to be a central dramatic voice for years to come, examining social problems through complex portraits of communities struggling to balance their values with shifting societal norms.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- UNDERSTANDING LYNN NOTTAGE
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- SERIES EDITORâS PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Chapter 1 An Introduction to Lynn Nottage
- Chapter 2 Migration in Crumbs from the Table of Joy
- Chapter 3 Humanizing Terror on the Stage in PorâKnockers and Mud, River, Stone
- Chapter 4 Reclaiming a Voice from the Past in Las Meninas
- Chapter 5 Marriage and Respectability in Intimate Apparel and Fabulation
- Chapter 6 Sexual Trauma and Survival in Ruined
- Chapter 7 Humanizing Performers in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
- Chapter 8 Anticipating the Political Divide in Sweat
- Chapter 9 The Question of Values in Mlimaâs Tale
- Conclusion: The Future Is Nottage and Elusive Justice in Clydeâs
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index