| Women and Race in Contemporary U.S. Writing: From Faulkner to Morrison 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Reames, K. Lynch (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403972389 ISBN-13: 9781403972385 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: Much feminist writing of recent decades has addressed the difficulties of relating across racial differences. In "Women and Race in Contemporary U.S. Writing," Reames examines novels and autobiographies to discover how contemporary writers have imagined possibilities for relationships between African American and white women that overcome the stereotypical patterns of racism. Works by William Faulkner, Lillian Hellman, Audre Lorde, Kaye Gibbons, Elizabeth Cox, Sherley Anne Williams, and Toni Morrison provide examples of sometimes loving and often conflicted relationships between child and nurse, employer and domestic worker, political allies, and friends. Reames argues that these literary works show that meaningful interracial relationships are possible only when white women recognize their racial privilege. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Social Science | Gender Studies - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.77" W x 8.46" (0.75 lbs) 189 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This study discovers how contemporary writers have imagined possible relationships between African American and white women that overcome the stereotypical patterns of racism, using novels and autobiographies and focusing on works by William Faulkner, Lillian Hellman, Audre Lorde, Kaye Gibbons, Elizabeth Cox, Sherley Anne Wiliams, and Toni Morrison |