SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND MATURITY: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNEY OF THREE BLACK WOMEN CHARACTERS IN A RAISIN IN THE SUN

Kelly Cristina Torres de Barros Ferreira

doi:10.17851/1982-0739.9..153-161

Autores/as

Kelly Cristina Torres de Barros Ferreira UFMG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-0739.9..153-161

Palabras clave:

black women, race, gender

Resumen

This study aims at analyzing the psychological journey towardsself-development and maturity of Mama, Ruth and Beneatha,the triangle of black women characters of A Raisin in theSun. I argue here that each of these three female charactersundergoes a process of personal growth in the play.

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Biografía del autor/a

Kelly Cristina Torres de Barros Ferreira, UFMG

Mestre em Letras: Literaturas e Expressão da Alteridade (Área de concentração: Literaturasde Expressão Inglesa), 2004.

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