Understanding August Wilson
- ISBN-10
- 1570032521
- ISBN-13
- 9781570032523
- Category
- African Americans in literature
- Pages
- 165
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Press
- Author
- Mary L. Bogumil
Description
In this critical study Mary L. Bogumil argues that Wilson gives voice to disfranchised and marginalized African Americans who have been promised a place and a stake in the American dream but find access to the rights and freedoms promised to all Americans difficult. The author maintains that Wilson not only portrays African Americans and the predicaments of American life but also sheds light on the atavistic connection African Americans have to their African ancestors.
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