Activism and the American novel : religion and resistance in fiction by women of color /

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"Since the 1980s, many activists and writers have turned from identity politics toward ethnic religious traditions to rediscover and reinvigorate their historic role in resistance to colonialism and oppression. In her examination of contemporary fiction by women of color--including Toni Morriso...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Romero, Channette
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Religion in literature.
Roman américain > Auteurs issus des minorités > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Politique et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Religion dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
American fiction > Minority authors.
American fiction > Women authors.
Politics and literature.
Women and literature.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Searching for relations
  • Reconstituting the public sphere
  • Spiritual temporalities and histories: Cristina Garcia and Leanne Howe
  • Rewriting America's exceptionalism: Toni Morrison
  • Post-civil rights community: Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, and Ana Castillo
  • Indigenous sovereignties: Leslie Marmon Silko and Louise Erdrich
  • Conclusion: Toward a literary activism.

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