The trouble with Sauling around : conversion in ethnic American autobiography, 1965-2002 /

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℗¡Examining autobiographical texts by Malcolm X (The Autobiography of Malcolm X), Oscar Zeta Acosta (The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo and Revolt of the Cockroach People), Amiri Baraka (The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones), and Richard Rodriguez ℗¡(Hunger of Memory, Days of Obligation, and Brown), W...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Madeline Ruth, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2011]
Temas:
1900-1999
American prose literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Autobiography > African American authors.
Autobiography > Mexican American authors.
Conversion in literature.
Self-realization in literature.
Religion and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Prose américaine > Auteurs issus des minorités > Histoire et critique.
Conversion dans la littérature.
Réalisation de soi dans la littérature.
Religion et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Hispanic American.
American prose literature > Minority authors
Autobiography > African American authors
Conversion in literature
Religion and literature
Self-realization in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:℗¡Examining autobiographical texts by Malcolm X (The Autobiography of Malcolm X), Oscar Zeta Acosta (The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo and Revolt of the Cockroach People), Amiri Baraka (The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones), and Richard Rodriguez ℗¡(Hunger of Memory, Days of Obligation, and Brown), Walker questions the often rosy views and simplistic binary conceptions of religious conversion. Her reading of these texts takes into account the conflict and serial changes the authors experience in a society that marginalizes them, the manner in which religious conversion offers ethnic Americans & ld.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (201 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
ISBN:9781609380649
1609380649

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