The World Is Our Home : Society and Culture in Contemporary Southern Writing /

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Since the early 1970s southern fiction has been increasingly attentive to social issues, including the continuing struggles for racial justice and gender equality, the loss of a sense of social community, and the decline of a coherent regional identity. The essays in The World Is Our Home focus on w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Folks, Nancy Summers, 1946-, Folks, Jeffrey J. (Jeffrey Jay), 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2000]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bellettrie.
Klassenverhoudingen.
Sekseverschillen.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Social problems in literature.
Literature and society.
Literature.
Intellectual life.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts.
American literature.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Écrivains americains > Residences et lieux familiers > États-Unis (Sud)
États-Unis (Sud) dans la litterature.
Problemes sociaux dans la litterature.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Litterature americaine > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire et critique.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts > Southern States.
Literature and society > Southern States > History > 20th century.
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
Zuidelijke staten.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Dans la litterature.
États-Unis (Sud) > Vie intellectuelle > 1865-
Southern States > In literature.
Southern States > Intellectual life > 1865-
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Since the early 1970s southern fiction has been increasingly attentive to social issues, including the continuing struggles for racial justice and gender equality, the loss of a sense of social community, and the decline of a coherent regional identity. The essays in The World Is Our Home focus on writers who have explicitly addressed social and cultural issues in their fiction and drama, including Dorothy Allison, Horton Foote, Ernest J. Gaines, Jill McCorkle, Walker Percy, Lee Smith, William Styron, Alice Walker, and many others. The contributors provide valuable insights into the transform.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780813161556

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