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Unbought and unbossed : transgressive black women, sexuality, and representation /

"Unbought and Unbossed critically examines the ways black women writers in the 1970s and early 1980s deploy black female characters that transgress racial, gender, and especially sexual boundaries. Trimiko Melancon analyzes literary and cultural texts, including Toni Morrison's Sula and Gl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melancon, Trimiko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Disrupting Dissemblance; 1. "New World Black and New World Woman": Or, Beyond the Classical Black Female Script; 2. Toward an Aesthetic of Transgression: Ann Allen Shockley's Loving Her and the Politics of Same-Gender Loving; 3. Negotiating Cultural Politics; 4. "That Way Lies Madness": Sexuality, Violent Excess, and Perverse Desire; 5. "Between a Rock and a Hard Place": Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place; Conclusion: "Without Fear of Reprisals": Representation in the Age of Michelle Obama; Notes; Bibliography; Index.