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

Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 217 pages) 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 Summary "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 Morrison, Ana Castillo, Toni Cade Bambara, Louise Erdrich, and Leslie Marmon Silko--Channette Romero considers the way these novels newly engage with Vodun, Santería, Candomblé, and American Indian traditions. Critical of a widespread disengagement from civic participation and of the contemporary novel's disconnection from politics, this fiction attempts to transform the novel and the practice of reading into a means of political engagement and an inspiration for social change."--Project Muse Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject 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. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- African American. American fiction -- Minority authors American fiction -- Women authors Politics and literature Religion in literature Women and literature United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2012011805 ISBN 9780813933306 0813933307 1283575981 9781283575980

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