Title Against amnesia : contemporary women writers and the crises of historical memory / Nancy J. Peterson.

Publication Info.	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2001]
	©2001

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PS153.M56 P48 2001	Available	---

Description	viii, 242 pages ; 23 cm.
Series	Penn studies in contemporary American fiction
	Penn studies in contemporary American fiction.
Contents	History as wound -- "Haunted America": Louise Erdrich and Native American history -- Toni Morrison and the desire for a "genuine Black history book" -- Remembering Holocaust history -- Joy Kogawa and the peculiar "logic" of internment.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index.
Subject	American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.
	American literature -- Minority authors.
	Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Literature and history.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Women and literature.
	American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
	American literature -- Women authors.
	American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	American literature.
	Klepfisz, Irena, 1941- -- Criticism and interpretation.
	Klepfisz, Irena, 1941-
	Criticism and interpretation.
	Erdrich, Louise -- Criticism and interpretation.
	Erdrich, Louise.
	Morrison, Toni -- Criticism and interpretation.
	Morrison, Toni.
	Kogawa, Joy -- Criticism and interpretation.
	Kogawa, Joy.
	Ethnic groups in literature.
	Ethnic groups in literature.
	Minorities in literature.
	Minorities in literature.
	Memory in literature.
	Memory in literature.
ISBN	0812235940 cloth alkaline paper