| Description |
x, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Black literature and culture
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Black literature and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-219) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Reading across the lines -- Race, gender, and the politics of reading -- A black man's place in black feminist criticism -- Negotiations of power : white critics, black texts, and the self-referential impulse -- Representing rape : on Spike, Iron Mike, and the "desire dynamic" -- "Unruly and let loose" : myth, ideology, and gender in Song of Solomon -- "The crookeds with the straights" : on Fences, race, and the politics of adaptation -- "A slave to the rhythm" : essential(ist) transmutations; or, the curious case of Michael Jackson. |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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American literature -- Women authors. |
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Criticism -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Criticism -- Political aspects. |
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United States. |
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Feminist literary criticism -- Male authors.
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Feminist literary criticism -- Male authors. |
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Feminist literary criticism. |
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Feminism and literature -- United States.
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Feminism and literature. |
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Women and literature -- United States.
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Women and literature. |
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature. |
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African American men -- Attitudes.
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African American men -- Attitudes. |
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
| Indexed Term |
English literature By Black persons |
| ISBN |
0226033015 paperback alkaline paper |
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0226033007 cloth alkaline paper |
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