Adapting Ambiguous America; or, per-Forming a More Perfect Union in the Plays of Caridad Svich and Suzan-Lori Parks

Jodi VANDERHORN-GİBSON

Makale detayları

Adapting Ambiguous America; or, per-Forming a More Perfect Union in the Plays of Caridad Svich and Suzan-Lori Parks

Yazarlar:

Jodi VANDERHORN-GİBSON

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2009 Issue 29, pp.99-112

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2009

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734649

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606

Özet:

 

From the inception of the United States, race has been a supremely  defining characteristic for both the inhabitants of the colonies, and for the face  of the nation itself. Those who were white, male, and Western European wrote:  “We the People, in order to form a more perfect union . . .” while those who  were indigenous were “Americanized” or simply annihilated, and while those  who were black were imported and exported along with the sugar and the  tobacco. In these supposedly “post-race” days, the United States continues to  grapple with the “race line” as Dr. Du Bois called it—as evidenced through the  focus on race in the 2008 Presidential Election. In as late as October, political  pundits were claiming that President-elect Obama’s mixed racial heritage would  ultimately provide him with a second place finish on November 4th, indicating  that a vast number of the people of the United States would be unable, even in  this 21st century world, to look beyond “race” as it has been traditionally drawn  and invented.  Through Alch.

Makale detayları

Adapting Ambiguous America; or, per-Forming a More Perfect Union in the Plays of Caridad Svich and Suzan-Lori Parks

Yazarlar: Jodi VANDERHORN-GİBSON

Yayıncı: American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2009 Issue 29, pp.99-112

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2009

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000734649

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

pISSN: 1300-6606

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Jodi VANDERHORN-GİBSON

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2009 Issue 29, pp.99-112

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2009

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734649

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606