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Between generations: the construction of mother-daughter relationships in the work of black women playwrights in Britain

Ranivoharisoa, Honnorine

Authors

Honnorine Ranivoharisoa



Contributors

Gabriele Griffin
Supervisor

Abstract

Since the end of the Second World War, race relations and immigration have become major subjects of debate in the political, social and cultural life of Britain. The presence of immigrants from Britain's former colonies and the subsequent arrival of economic migrants and asylum seekers have triggered discussion of many issues, not least those surrounding difference, assimilation, diversity and identity (Gilroy 1993). It is these particular issues (and the tensions that they engender), often articulated through the depiction of mother-daughter relationships, which are dramatized in the work of contemporary Black British female playwrights such as Winsome Pinnock, Trish Cooke, Paulette Randall, Maya Chowdry, J. B. Rose, Tanika Gupta, Rukhsana Ahmad, Jackie Kay, Grace Dayley, Jacqueline Rudet, Maria Oshodi and Zindika2. My thesis is thus about the construction of mother-daughter relationships as presented in the work of these playwrights. It places particular emphasis on how mothers and daughters negotiate their relationships, positions and identities in the context of their respective experiences as first- and second- generation female migrants in Britain.

Citation

Ranivoharisoa, H. (2005). Between generations: the construction of mother-daughter relationships in the work of black women playwrights in Britain. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212524

Thesis Type Thesis
Deposit Date Jun 22, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Keywords Gender studies
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212524
Additional Information Department of Gender Studies, The University of Hull
Award Date Aug 1, 2005

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