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UNINA9910816713903321 |
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Autore |
Romero Channette |
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Titolo |
Activism and the American novel : religion and resistance in fiction by women of color / / Channette Romero |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-57598-1 |
0-8139-3330-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (227 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Critical of a widespread disengagement from civic participation and of the contemporary novel's disconnection from politics, this fiction attempts to transform the novel and the practice of reading into a means of political engagement and an inspiration for social change. |
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