The Patriarchy Game in Fences

dc.contributor.authorNakanishi, Débora Spacini [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorNigro, Cláudia Maria Ceneviva [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-01T11:23:36Z
dc.date.available2022-05-01T11:23:36Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-01
dc.description.abstractThe dramatic text can admit several political reflections, which are increased in intensity, as the text materializes in performance. In this article, we bring a critique of patriarchy, based on black feminism, gender studies and intersectionality. The play we have chosen is Fences (1985), a poignant text from African American literature created by playwright August Wilson (1945–2005). In the work, the protagonist Troy is bound by the American racist system, behaving according to the strict rules of Baseball. In the game, his wife Rose has little chance of winning. And it is precisely this reduced life for Rose that Wilson points out brilliantly, making it possible to conceive a critique of the family institution and of Western capitalist society, all sustained in patriarchy.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas
dc.format.extent1-13
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584-2021v29n372447
dc.identifier.citationRevista Estudos Feministas, v. 29, n. 3, p. 1-13, 2021.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/1806-9584-2021v29n372447
dc.identifier.issn0104-026X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85121260204
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/233899
dc.language.isoeng
dc.language.isopor
dc.language.isospa
dc.relation.ispartofRevista Estudos Feministas
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAfrican American Literature
dc.subjectAugust Wilson
dc.subjectBaseball
dc.subjectFences
dc.subjectPatriarchy
dc.titleThe Patriarchy Game in Fencesen
dc.titleEl juego del patriarcado en Fenceses
dc.titleO jogo do patriarcado em Um limite entre nóspt
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-9316-6197[1]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-8297-0419[2]

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