"We's the leftovers": whiteness as economic power and exploitation in August Wilson's twentieth-century cycle of plays.
| Publisher | African American Review |
| Publication | African American Review |
| Subject | Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 1062-4783 |
| Issues per Year | 4 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Published | 2003-03-22 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Cigdem Usekes |
| Person | Criticism and interpretation | August Wilson |
The widespread critical attention August Wilson's work has enjoyed has helped establish his stature as the African American playwright of the late twentieth century. In particular, scholars have focused almost exclusively on Wilson's black portraits, concurring with the dramatist who, both in his plays and in his interviews, accentuates the struggles of his black characters. Consequently, whites have only been regarded as secondary actors in Wilson's drama, despite Wilson's observation that white society is the main antagonist in his plays (Grant 114). Wilson's white characters have...
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