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Title details for Radical Vision by Soyica Diggs Colbert - Available

Radical Vision

A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry

by Soyica Diggs Colbert
Lisa Reneé Pitts
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In this first scholarly biography of Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965), the author of A Raisin in the Sun, theater professor Soyica Diggs Colbert considers the playwright's life at the intersection of art and politics, with the theater operating as a "rehearsal room for [her] political and intellectual work."

Colbert argues that the success of Raisin overshadows Hansberry's other contributions, including the writer's innovative journalism and lesser known plays touching on controversial issues such as slavery, interracial communities, and black freedom movements. Colbert also details Hansberry's unique involvement in the black freedom struggles during the Cold War and the early civil rights movement, in order to paint a full portrait of her life and impact.

Drawing from Hansberry's papers, speeches, and interviews, this book presents its subject as both a playwright and a political activist. It also reveals a new perspective on the roles of black women in mid-twentieth-century political movements.

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    April 20, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781666103618
      • File size: 391986 KB
      • Duration: 13:36:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Soyica Diggs Colbert, professor of African-American studies and performing arts at Georgetown University, has written a deep and highly informative intellectual biography of playwright Lorraine Hansberry. Disappointingly, Lisa Rene� Pitts is off her usually fine mark in its aural delivery, which in too many passages sounds stilted and tense. Because Colbert's prowess as a sensitive researcher and her craft as a writer are so strong and so little of this depth has been available on Hansberry, listeners may choose to bear with the substandard performance if listening is the only way they can experience the text. F.M.R.G. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

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