{"product_id":"beneathas-place-by-kwame-kwei-armah-9781350497726","title":"Beneatha’s Place","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside Bruce Norris's \u003cem\u003eClybourne Park\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeneatha's Place\u003c\/em\u003e imagines a life for Lorraine Hansberry's characters from \u003cem\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e beyond the confines of her play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeneatha moves from 1950s America to Lagos with her Nigerian husband and then, in the second act, set in contemporary America, has become a college Dean of Social Sciences. Through this journey, \u003cem\u003eBeneatha’s Place\u003c\/em\u003e challenges today’s culture wars about colonial history and reckoning with the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Student Edition, with an introduction and notes by Oladipo Agboluaje, offers a lens on the play's relationship to Hansberry's 1959 play and \u003cem\u003eClybourne Park\u003c\/em\u003e; unpacks its engagement with the post-independence politics in Africa and pan-Africanism; considers how other plays have dealt with these themes; and compares responses to the US and UK productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe edition includes original interviews with Kwame Kwei-Armah and actor Cherelle Skeete, who played the character of Beneatha in the UK premiere of the play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455529697516,"sku":"9781350497726","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71uXZ7EdQFL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774778790","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/beneathas-place-by-kwame-kwei-armah-9781350497726","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}