Setting the Stage for Self-Determined Identity: Amiri Baraka's Dutchman as Political Myth

• Published in: ANQ (Lexington, Ky.) Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 283 - 287
• Main Author: Anderson, Tiffany M. B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Routledge 02.04.2024; Taylor & Francis Inc
• Subjects: African Americans; Baraka, Amiri (1934-2014); Drama; Identity politics; Mythology; Politics; Racial identity; Self concept

Amiri Baraka's play Dutchman serves as a warning against the intermingling of races and encourages black Americans to resist passivity and create their own self-determined identities. The play depicts a young black man named Clay who meets an older white woman named Lula on a NY subway train. L...