Women's Work : Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women's Novels /

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This book reconsiders the gender, genre, and geography of African American nationalism by exploring a cultural nationalism represented by five forms of women's work.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thorsson, Courtney, 1978-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Schwarze
Frauenliteratur
National characteristics, American, in literature.
American fiction > Women authors.
American fiction > African American authors.
African American women in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Noires americaines > Travail > Dans la litterature.
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
African American women > Employment > In literature.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Organizing her nation :Toni Cade Bambara's The salt eaters
  • Cooking up a nation : Ntozake Shange's Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
  • Dancing up a nation : Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the widow
  • Mapping and moving nation : Gloria Naylor's Mama day
  • Inscribing community : Toni Morrison's Paradise.

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