![]() The play discusses the fantasy of ‘pleasant life’ created by white America that Lincoln and Booth fail to be a part of. The struggle for power is seen in this study as a means of reconstructing one’s identity as such, power struggle and identity becomes conflictual. ![]() This theoretical position provides the conceptual praxis that this study maintains. At the core of the analysis is the theoretical backdrop of New Historicism. This study deconstructs the leading Western discourse of power, brings in different discourses of power, and demonstrates that power does not only emanate from the top. This is because, they see power as something which can only be handled by people from the top. ![]() Western discourses of power and identity have confirmed its insufficiency in the creation of peace, socio-political order and justice. In her play Topdog/Underdog, the rebuilding of identity for African-Americans is pursued, raised and enacted through power relations. Experimental Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks, is an African-American who has added to the reconstruction of African-American identity through power struggle. ![]()
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