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RECORD NUMBER: 71 OF 1949| Main Title | A raisin in the sun / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Hansberry, Lorraine, | |||||||||||
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| Publisher | Vintage Books, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1994 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 30594339 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0679755330; 9780679755333; 9780812416497; 081241649X; 9780673583369; 0673583368 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | African American families--Illinois--Chicago--Drama ; African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Drama ; Discrimination in housing--Illinois--Chicago--Drama ; American drama--20th century ; United States--Race relations--Drama ; DRAMA--American ; SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--African American Studies ; African Americans--History--Drama ; African American families--Drama | |||||||||||
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| Edition | 1st Vintage Books ed. | |||||||||||
| Collation | 151 pages ; 18 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | "Originally published in 1958." |
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| Contents Notes | When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever." The story tells of a Black family's experiences in south Chicago, as they attempt to improve their financial circumstances with an insurance payout following the death of the father, and deals with matters of housing discrimination, racism, and assimilation. |