Reading Resistance: Intersections of Race, Gender and Class

The book unfolds the saga of struggle, resistance, and reclamation of Blacks' identity through examining the works of African American women playwrights. It brings to the forefront the viewpoint of black Americans in the literary world by presenting their experiences, with the purpose of highlighting what has been either misinterpreted or left out. It investigates the key elements like historical rewriting, identity, black pride and dignity. The book also focuses on the Blacks' endeavours to foreground the issue of subjugation of African American women who are not pushed to the periphery by racism alone but also by sexist and class biases. It explores how hope sustains the existence of the marginalized and how they are determined to fulfil their dream of having a congenial and prosperous life in the midst of the racial tensions of the particular era.