Title Women's work : nationalism and contemporary African American women's novels / Courtney Thorsson

Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism African American women in literature. National characteristics, American, in literature. African American women -- Employment -- In literature LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- African American. African American women in literature American fiction -- African American authors American fiction -- Women authors National characteristics, American, in literature Frauenliteratur Schwarze USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813934495 0813934494

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