A Raisin in the East
A Raisin in the East
African American Civil Rights Drama in GDR Scholarship and Theater Practice
This chapter explores how race in America was depicted by the East German theater community and analyzes the internal racial policies of East Germany (the German Democratic Republic). It looks at the presentation of two classic African American dramas from the civil rights era, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun (1959) and James Baldwin’s Blues for Mr. Charlie (1964). The chapter shows how the German Democratic Republic, in its official propaganda, portrayed the United States as the epicenter of political reaction, racism, and imperialist aggression, and also discusses the East German critiques of African American literature and drama protesting racial injustice in America.
Keywords: race, America, theater, East Germany, civil rights, Mr. Charlie, racism, African American literature, drama
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