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- Title
From Aporia to Identity Formation: the Perilous Passage of African American Women's Dramatic Discourse.
- Authors
Sarada, Thallam
- Abstract
This paper analyses the dramatic discourse of two African American women dramatists, Sonia Sanchez and Ntozake Shange. It uses as its critical framework Erik Erikson's theory of identity formation to examine their discourse, which challenges patriarchy and contemporary Anglo American feminist writings. It analyses the multiple ways in which Sanchez and Shange invent standard American English to present a unique African American women's perspective. Their discourse, this paper argues, thus challenges the prevailing notions of power, truth, knowledge and ideology to give voice to the previously silent black women.
- Subjects
SANCHEZ, Sonia, 1934-; SHANGE, Ntozake, 1948-2018; APORIA; DISCOURSE analysis; AFRICAN American women dramatists; FEMININE identity; ERIKSON, Erik, 1902-1994; PATRIARCHY
- Publication
Journal of International Women's Studies, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 2, p297
- ISSN
1539-8706
- Publication type
Article