Sunday, November 11, 2007

Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro and Genet's The Blacks

Both Kennedy and Genet present complex ideas about racism, color politics and power in these works. How might these plays be reflective of personal and collective conflicts between blacks and whites throughout the African Diaspora? Do you find differences in the ways that blackness is represented by a white author (Genet) versus a black author(Kennedy) in presenting black experiences of racism? Where do the similarities lie in these plays if any....

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