Performing Black Womanhood in the United States

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Performing Black Womanhood explores the social, cultural, and political ramifications of identity formation and representation and the ways in which twentieth-century black American women performed (both on and off the stage and screen) aspects of their identity and attempted, with varying levels of success, to control their images and influence sociopolitical agendas. We will look closely at the lives, careers, and images of a number of African American women and read a variety of primary texts including novels, film, music, autobiography, play scripts, and poetry as well as secondary literature.