UID:
almafu_9959899168402883
Format:
1 online resource (220 p.)
ISBN:
9780824875800
Series Statement:
Mānoa ; 29
Content:
A collection of six plays by award-winning playwright Catherine Filloux: Eyes of the Heart; Kidnap Road; Lemkin’s House; Mary and Myra; Selma ’65; and Silence of God. The plays have both national and international settings. Subjects include key figures in the history of human and civil rights; genocide; crimes against women; international human rights law; U.S. Civil Rights Movement; and Women’s Suffrage.SEVERAL OF THE REAL-LIFE FIGURES IN FILLOUX'S PLAYS:*Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian politician and activist, kidnapped by FARC revolutionary forces in 2002*Myra Bradwell, first U.S. woman lawyer, instrumental in getting Mary Todd Lincoln released from an insane asylum in 1875*Raphael Lemkin, originator of the term "genocide," activist lawyer, and advisor on war crimes*Mary Todd Lincoln, widow of President Abraham Lincoln*Viola Liuzzo, Civil Rights activist murdered by the KKK in 1965*Pol Pot, head of the Khmer Rouge regime, responsible for the deaths of nearly two million Cambodians*William Proxmire, U.S. senator, advocate in Congress for the adoption of the International Convention for the Punishment of Genocide.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Editor’s Note --
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Silence of God --
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Selma ’65 --
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Mary and Myra --
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Kidnap Road --
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Lemkin’s House --
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Eyes of the Heart --
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A Conversation with Catherine Filloux --
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About the Artist
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780824875800
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824875800
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824875800
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824875800
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824875800
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