The Representation of the Female Identity in Sonia Sanchez's The Bronx is Next

Abstract

This paper attempts to explore how the American African playwright Sonia Sanchez treats the quest for identity in her one- act play, The Bronx is Next. It comprises three sections and a conclusion. These three sections give a brief note on Sanchez's life, the distinctive traits of her dramatic world with a focus on the social and cultural responsibility, and her treatment of the topic of identity consecutively. The Bronx is Next presents an overall view of Sonia Sanchez’s approach to the representation of the black woman’s identity. The character of Black Bitch adds much to understand how the black woman is even marginalized and oppressed in the black community. In actual fact, she is the proverbial representation of the female struggle to get her voice strongly heard. The paper rounds off with a conclusion in which the findings of the research have been mentioned