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Author Morris, Susana M., 1980-

Title Close Kin and Distant Relatives : the Paradox of Respectability in Black Women's Literature.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : University of Virginia Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Introduction-Family matters -- A wide confraternity: diaspora and family in Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the widow -- Sins of the mother?: ambivalence, agency, and the family romance in Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John -- Daughters of this land: genealogies of resistance in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory -- The language of family: talking back to narratives of Black pathology in Sapphire's Push -- Epilogue.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- African American authors.
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- Women authors.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women and literature.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Families in literature.
Families in literature.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Morris, Susana M., 1980- Close kin and distant relatives : the paradox of respectability in Black women's literature. Charlottesville, Virginia ; London, England : University of Virginia Press, ©2014 x, 178 pages 9780813935492
ISBN 9780813935515 (electronic book)
0813935512 (electronic book)
1306428653 (electronic book)
9781306428651 (electronic book)
9780813935492
0813935490
9780813935508
0813935504