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
Main Author: Romero, Channette
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women and literature.
Religion in literature.
Politics and literature.
American fiction > Women authors.
American fiction > Minority authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Religion dans la litterature.
Politique et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Femmes et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Roman americain > Auteurs issus des minorites > Histoire et critique.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > Minority authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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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