Premium Content Viewing the World from Different Angles: Generation Gaps in Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
By Kathryn Larrivee - January 01, 1995
The African-American experience of growing up in America changed dramatically throughout the course of the twentieth century, thus leading to differing views between the older and younger generations. In Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, the character of Mama was raised during a point in time when racial prejudice was prevalent and…
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