Picture 1 of 1
Picture 1 of 1
Student Editions Ser.: Beneatha's Place by Kwame Kwei-Armah (2025, Trade Paperback)
Rarewaves (663082)
98.5% positive feedback
Price:
US $23.27
ApproximatelyRM 99.55
+ $3.99 shipping
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10135049772X
ISBN-139781350497726
eBay Product ID (ePID)10070941754
Product Key Features
Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School
Number of Pages120 Pages
Publication NameBeneatha's Place
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2025
SubjectAmerican / African American, Theater / History & Criticism, Theater / Playwriting
TypeStudy Guide
AuthorKwame Kwei-Armah
Subject AreaDrama, Performing Arts
SeriesStudent Editions Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight3.8 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceElementary/High School
Reviews" A Raisin in the Sun , Lorraine Hansberry's landmark 1959 play, ends with its most optimistic character considering leaving the US with her Nigerian suitor, finding identity in an independent Africa. In his drama, Kwame Kwei-Armah takes Beneatha ... to Lagos - only to find colonialism's enmeshed tentacles difficult to clear ... If Hansberry's play is about ownership - whether Black Americans have a stake in the American dream - then Kwei-Armah's concerns legacy: the persistent effects of colonialism and how Black thinkers can shape the future." -- Guardian "Kwame Kwei-Armah's highly charged play about race and the ownership of history could scarcely feel more timely. Or be more of a challenging workout for its audience's presumptions and prejudices, whatever their skin colour." -- Evening Standard
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal822.92
Table Of ContentChronology Contexts - historical & political (1950s America, post-independence politics in Africa, pan-Africanism; Black Lives Matter) and literary (Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun ; Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park ; Wole Soyinka's A Dance of Forests; and The Dilemma of a Ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo) Themes (gender; race; decolonization; critical race theory; culture wars) Language Structure Dramatic devices (lighting, sound, costume, scenography) Play in production (critical responses, comparison of Baltimore and London productions) Interviews (Kwame Kwei-Armah and Cherelle Skeete) BENEATHA'S PLACE Notes
SynopsisAlongside Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park, Beneatha's Place imagines a life for Lorraine Hansberry's characters from A Raisin in the Sun beyond the confines of her play. Beneatha moves from 1950s America to Lagos with her Nigerian husband and then, in the second act, set in contemporary America, has become a college Dean of Social Sciences. Through this journey, Beneatha's Place challenges today's culture wars about colonial history and reckoning with the past. This Student Edition, with an introduction and notes by Oladipo Agboluaje, offers a lens on the play's relationship to Hansberry's 1959 play and Clybourne Park; unpacks its engagement with the post-independence politics in Africa and pan-Africanism; considers how other plays to have dealt with these themes; and compares responses to the US and UK productions. The edition includes original interviews with Kwame Kwei-Armah and actor Cherelle Skeete, who played the character of Beneatha in the UK premiere of the play.
Be the first to write a review
