{"product_id":"marginalized-southern-women-playwrights-confront-race-region-and-gender-hardcover","title":"Marginalized: Southern Women Playwrights Confront Race, Region, and Gender - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCasey Kayser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 Eudora Welty Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn contrast to other literary genres, drama has received little attention in southern studies, and women playwrights in general receive less recognition than their male counterparts. In \u003ci\u003eMarginalized: Southern Women Playwrights Confront Race, Region, and Gender\u003c\/i\u003e, author Casey Kayser addresses these gaps by examining the work of southern women playwrights, making the argument that representations of the American South on stage are complicated by difficulties of identity, genre, and region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through analysis of the dramatic texts, the rhetoric of reviews of productions, as well as what the playwrights themselves have said about their plays and productions, Kayser delineates these challenges and argues that playwrights draw on various conscious strategies in response. These strategies, evident in the work of such playwrights as Pearl Cleage, Sandra Deer, Lillian Hellman, Beth Henley, Marsha Norman, and Shay Youngblood, provide them with the opportunity to lead audiences to reconsider monolithic understandings of northern and southern regions and, ultimately, create new visions of the South.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCasey Kayser\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English and director of the Medical Humanities Program at University of Arkansas. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCarson McCullers in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding the Short Fiction of Carson McCullers\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Medical Humanities, Pedagogy, Mississippi Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Midwestern Folklore.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785956098336,"sku":"9781496835901","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cbeb2abe9f5cca57043bbab6e1f56df8.webp?v=1780624194","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/marginalized-southern-women-playwrights-confront-race-region-and-gender-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}