1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450861703321

Titolo

James Baldwin and Toni Morrison [[electronic resource] ] : comparative critical and theoretical essays / / edited by Lovalerie King and Lynn Orilla Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. ; ; Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36097-X

9786611360979

0-230-60138-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KingLovalerie

ScottLynn Orilla <1950->

Disciplina

810.989607309045

Soggetti

African Americans in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: BALDWIN AND MORRISON IN DIALOGUE; BALDWIN'S BOP 'N' MORRISON'S MOOD: BEBOP AND RACE IN JAMES BALDWIN'S ANOTHER COUNTRY AND TONI MORRISON'S JAZZ; NARRATING THE BEAT OF THE HEART, JAZZING THE TEXT OF DESIRE: A COMPARATIVE INTERFACE OF JAMES BALDWIN'S ANOTHER COUNTRY AND TONI MORRISON'S JAZZ; REVISING REVISION: METHODOLOGIES OF LOVE, DESIRE, AND RESISTANCE IN BELOVED AND IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK; REVISING THE INCEST STORY: TONI MORRISON'S THE BLUEST EYE AND JAMES BALDWIN'S JUST ABOVE MY HEAD

WATCHERS WATCHING WATCHERS: POSITIONING CHARACTERS AND READERS IN BALDWIN'S ""SONNY'S BLUES"" AND MORRISON'S ""RECITATIF""PLAYING A MEAN GUITAR: THE LEGACY OF STAGGERLEE IN BALDWIN AND MORRISON; REFIGURING THE FLESH: THE WORD, THE BODY, AND THE RITUALS OF BEING IN BELOVED AND GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN; RESISTANCE AGAINST RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND SOCIAL OPPRESSION IN GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN AND BELOVED; SECULAR WORD, SACRED FLESH: PREACHERS IN THE FICTION OF BALDWIN AND



MORRISON; UNSEEN OR UNSPEAKABLE? RACIAL EVIDENCE IN BALDWIN'S AND MORRISON'S NONFICTION

THE ART OF WHITENESS IN THE NONFICTION OF JAMES BALDWIN AND TONI MORRISONTHE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN: THE ALCHEMY OF RACE AND SEXUALITY; FEMININITY, ABJECTION, AND (BLACK) MASCULINITY IN JAMES BALDWIN'S GIOVANNI'S ROOM AND TONI MORRISON'S BELOVED; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of comparative critical and theoretical essays examines James Baldwin and Toni Morrison's reciprocal literary relationship. By reading these authors side-by-side, this collection forges new avenues of discovery and interpretation related to their representations of African American and American literature and cultural experience.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910133734803321

Titolo

Management of cowbirds and their hosts : balancing science, ethics, and mandates / / by Catherine P. Ortega, Jameson F. Chace, and Brian D. Peer, editors

ISBN

0-943610-63-X

Altri autori (Persone)

OrtegaCatherine P. <1950->

ChaceJameson Fales

PeerBrian D

Disciplina

598.8/74

Soggetti

Cowbirds

Wildlife management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Research directions and cowbird (Molothrus spp.) management / Catherine P. Ortega, Jameson F. Chace and Brian D. Peer -- Issues and controversies of cowbird (Molothrus spp.) management / Catherine P. Ortega, Alexander Cruz and Myriam E. Mermoz -- Parasitism, productivity, and population growth : response of least Bell's vireos (Vireo bellii pusillus) and southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax



traillii extimus) to cowbird (Molothrus spp.) control / Barbara E. Kus and Mary J. Whitfield -- Effects of brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) removal on black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) nest success and population growth at Fort Hood, Texas / Richard M. Kostecke ... [et al.] -- Ecology and management of shiny cowbirds (Molothrus bonariensis) and endangered yellow-shouldered blackbirds (Agelaius xanthomus) in Puerto Rico / Alexander Cruz ... [et al.] -- Cowbird (Molothrus spp.) ecology : a review of factors influencing distribution and abundance of cowbirds across spatial scales / Jameson F. Chace ... [et al.] -- Behavioral ecology of the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) in a bison-grazed landscape in New Mexico / Christopher B. Goguen, David R. Curson and Nancy E. Mathews -- Host defenses against cowbird (Molothrus spp.) parasitism : implications for cowbird management / Brian D. Peer ... [et al.] -- Conservation solutions for threatened and endangered cowbird (Molothrus spp.) hosts : separating fact from fiction / Stephen I. Rothstein and Brian D. Peer.