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Women and Race in Contemporary U.S. Writing : From Faulkner to Morrison /

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This study discovers how contemporary writers have imagined possible relationships between African American and white women that overcome the stereotypical patterns of racism, using novels and autobiographies and focusing on works by William Faulkner, Lillian Hellman, Audre Lorde, Kaye Gibbons, Eliz...

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Main Author: Reames, Kelly Lynch (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:American literature readings in the 21st century.
Subjects:
Literature.
Cultural Theory.
Gender Studies.
Literary Theory.
Modern History.
North American Literature.
US History.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
History, Modern.
Literature > Philosophy.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
America > Literatures.
United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This study discovers how contemporary writers have imagined possible relationships between African American and white women that overcome the stereotypical patterns of racism, using novels and autobiographies and focusing on works by William Faulkner, Lillian Hellman, Audre Lorde, Kaye Gibbons, Elizabeth Cox, Sherley Anne Wiliams, and Toni Morrison.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages)
ISBN:9780230603356
DOI:10.1057/9780230603356