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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462157203321

Autore

Romero Channette

Titolo

Activism and the American novel [[electronic resource] ] : religion and resistance in fiction by women of color / / Channette Romero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-57598-1

0-8139-3330-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Disciplina

813.009/9287

Soggetti

American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism

American fiction - Minority authors - History and criticism

Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Religion in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Searching for relations -- Reconstituting the public sphere -- Spiritual temporalities and histories: Cristina Garcia and Leanne Howe -- Rewriting America's exceptionalism: Toni Morrison -- Post-civil rights community: Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, and Ana Castillo -- Indigenous sovereignties: Leslie Marmon Silko and Louise Erdrich -- Conclusion: Toward a literary activism.