Toni Morrison and the Natural World : An Ecology of Color /

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"Critics have routinely excluded African American literature from ecocritical inquiry despite the fact that the literary tradition has, from its inception, proved to be steeped in environmental concerns that address elements of the natural world and relate nature to the transatlantic slave trad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wardi, Anissa Janine, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Morrison, Toni.
Morrison, Toni > Criticism and interpretation.
American literature.
African American authors.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
African American authors > History and criticism.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction. "All of them colors was in me": embodiment and material ecocriticism
  • Brown ecology and fertility: skin, dirt, and compost in Paradis and The Bluest Eye
  • Green ecology and healing: botanical life in Beloved, Home, and Song of Solomon
  • Orange ecology, death, and renewal: fire, ash, and immolation in God Help the Child and Sula
  • Blue ecology and resistance: islands, swamps, and ecotones in Tar Baby and Love
  • Conclusion. A black and white ecology: plantations and race formation in A Mercy and Jazz.

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