Scarring the Black body : race and representation in African American literature /

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"Scarring and the act of scarring are recurrent images in African American literature. In Scarring the Black Body, Carol E. Henderson analyzes the cultural and historical implications of scarring in a number of African American texts that feature the trope of the scar, including works by Sherle...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Henderson, Carol E., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©2002.
Temas:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
Wounds and injuries in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Human body in literature.
Race in literature.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Lésions et blessures dans la littérature.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature > African American authors.
Schrijvers.
Littekens.
Rassenongelijkheid.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Scarring and the act of scarring are recurrent images in African American literature. In Scarring the Black Body, Carol E. Henderson analyzes the cultural and historical implications of scarring in a number of African American texts that feature the trope of the scar, including works by Sherley Anne Williams, Toni Morrison, Ann Petry, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 184 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-180) and index.
ISBN:0826262899
9780826262899
9780826214218
0826214215

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