Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre)

This 2003 text was the first monograph to document and analyse the plays written by Black and Asian women in Britain. The volume explores how Black and Asian women playwrights theatricalize their experiences of migration, displacement, identity, racism and sexism in Britain. Plays by writers such as Tanika Gupta, Winsome Pinnock, Maya Chowdhry and Amrit Wilson, among others - many of whom have had their work produced at key British theatre sites - are discussed in some detail. Other playwrights' work is also briefly explored to suggest the range and scope of contemporary plays. The volume analyses concerns such as geographies of un/belonging, reverse migration (in the form of tourism), sexploitation, arranged marriages, the racialization of sexuality, and asylum seeking as they emerge in the plays, and argues that Black and Asian women playwrights have become constitutive subjects of British theatre. Plays by writers such as Tanika Gupta, Winsome Pinnock, and Amrit Wilson, among others, are included in the first monograph to document plays by Black and Asian women in Britain. The volume analyzes concerns such as reverse migration (in the form of tourism), sexploitation, arranged marriages, the racialization of sexuality, and asylum seeking as they emerge in the plays. It argues that Black and Asian women playwrights have become constitutive subjects of British theater. Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights is the first monograph to document and analyse the plays written by Black and Asian women in Britain. Taking a thematic approach based on Avtar Brah's concept of 'diaspora space', the volume explores how Black and Asian women playwrights theatricalize their experiences of migration, displacement, identity, racism and sexism in Britain.--Publisher description. "Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights is the first monograph to document and analyse the plays written by Black and Asian women in Britain. Taking a thematic approach based on Avtar Brah's concept of 'diaspora space', the volume explores how Black and Asian women playwrights theatricalize their experiences of migration, displacement, identity, racism and sexism in Britain."--Jacket Frontmatter List of plates (page vi) Acknowledgements (page viii) 1 Introduction (page 1) 2 Diasporic subjects (page 36) 3 Geographies of un/belonging (page 77) 4 Unsettling identities (page 109) 5 Culture clashes (page 138) 6 Racing sexualities (page 170) 7 Sexploitation? (page 195) 8 Living diaspora now (page 224) Notes (page 238) Bibliography (page 265) Index (page 285) This text was the first monograph to examine plays by Black and Asian women in Britain, including writers such as Tanika Gupta, Winsome Pinnock and Amrit Wilson. The volume analyses concerns such as reverse migration (in the form of tourism), arranged marriages and asylum seeking, as they emerge in the plays.

this 2003 Text Was The First Monograph To Examine Plays By Black And Asian Women In Britain.

Gabriele Griffin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 238-284) And Index.