| Author | Martha Gilman Bower |
| Format | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780313322280 |
| Publisher | Praeger Publishers |
| Manufacturer | Praeger Publishers |
Using a psychoanalytic approach, the author assesses the consequences of judging persons of color by an "impure gaze" that undermines their humanity and psychological health. "Color Struck Under the Gaze" examines the characters in the plays of Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966), Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), Alice Childress (1916-1994), and Adrienne Kennedy (1931- ).
The author employs the theories of Kristeva, Freud, Lutz, Foucault, Lacan, and Laing to support a psychoanalytic approach that penetrates beneath the surface of the characters, exposing the pathologies therein. A fascinating look at race and perception, this book includes unpublished excerpts from the works of Georgia Douglas Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston.
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