Women's Work Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women's Novels / Courtney Thorsson.

Author/Creator:

Thorsson, Courtney, 1978-

Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (237 p.)

Subjects:

African American women -- Employment -- In literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
African American women in literature.
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Contents:

Organizing her nation:Toni Cade Bambara's The salt eaters
Cooking up a nation: Ntozake Shange's Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
Dancing up a nation: Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the widow
Mapping and moving nation: Gloria Naylor's Mama day
Inscribing community: Toni Morrison's Paradise.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8139-3448-6
0-8139-3449-4

OCLC:

841810165

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