Abstract: This research article shows black woman’s participation in reestablishing an African American culture in all-black settings stands as a unique black woman’s stand point. Irrespective of the social class and other myriad differences, almost all the US black women were affected by the intersecting oppressions of race, gender and class. A few literary black women during the Harlem Renaissance through their contributions insisted on their rights to define their reality, establish their identity and name their history. As a revisionist, Lorraine Hansberry challenged the validity of the historical documentation of black culture and especially the role and significance of women in constructing this culture. Her revision of the concept of the black motherhood is a major step toward correcting the historical records concerning black maternity. In her seminal play, A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry captured the essence of matriarchal trait in her outstanding central character Lena Younger, otherwise known as Mama.
Keywords: Black women, oppression, matriarchy, reestablish
Title: Lena Younger: A Visionary Matriarch in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun
Author: V.Sangeetha, Dr. V. Kundhavi
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print)
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