Healing the Abuse of Language in Judith Alexa Jackson‖s WOMBmanWARs and Robbie McCauley‖s Sally‖s Rape


Abstract in English

This article explores contemporary plays by African American women and addresses their readings of physical and linguistic abuse in the discourse of racial and cultural diversity. The focal plays are Robbie McCauley‖s Sally‖s Rape (1989) and Judith Alexa Jackson‖s WOMBmanWARs (1992).

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Griffiths, Jennifer. “Between Women: Trauma, Witnessing, and the Legacy of Interracial Rape in Robbie McCauley‖s Sally‖s Rape.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 26.3 (2005): 1- 23
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