Drama 223 - Cross-Cultural Women Playwrights

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Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

This course provides an introductory survey of the work of African-American, Caribbean-American, Asian-American, and Native American women playwrights. We explore the playwrights' strategies for creating work that is by turns beautiful, fascinating, humorous, moving, and occasionally terrifying as they chart for contemporary theater the intersection of race and gender in performative terms. Playwrights addressed include Adrienne Kennedy, Ntozake Shange, Suzan-Lori Parks, Anna Deavere Smith, Diana Son, Jessica Hagedorn, Cherie Moraga, Wakako Yamauchi, Migdalia Cruz, Spiderwoman Theatre, Marga Gomez, and Velina Hasu Houston.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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