Reading contemporary African American literature : black women's popular fiction, post-civil rights experience, and the African American canon /

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"Reading Contemporary African American Literature focuses on the subject of contemporary African American popular fiction by women. Bragg's study addresses why such work should be the subject of scholarly examination, describes the events and attitudes which account for the critical neglec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bragg, Beauty, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
Subjects:
American literature > African American authors.
American literature > Women writers.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
African Americans in literature.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African Americans in literature
American literature > African American authors
American literature > Women authors
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The reconstructionist canon, Black feminist literary perspectives, and popular potential
  • Toni Morrison's tar baby and the problem of classification
  • Girlfriend fiction : Black women writers and readers negotiating post-civil rights womanhood
  • Feminism and the streets : urban fiction and the quest for female independence in the era of transactional sexuality
  • Hip hop tell-all memoirs and modes of self-construction
  • Conclusion : from critical practice to classroom practice.

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