Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article analyzes Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, concentrating on themes of self-identity, racial and cultural conflict, and systemic racial bias in 1950s America. The study examines the Younger family's challenges with adversity, intergenerational conflicts, and societal inequity in their pursuit of prosperity and self-identity. This study focuses on the characters of Walter, Beneatha, and Lena (Mama) to demonstrate the intersections and divergences of economic ambition, cultural affirmation, and moral duty. The research demonstrates that Hansberry critiques internal family conflicts and the family's struggle against external racial adversities, the restricted and ethnically confined roles of African Americans, and the significance of human dignity, solidarity, and cultural identity.
Author: Abdulhadi Dhiaa Mahdi
Institution: University of Diyala
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413068121