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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817305903321

Autore

duCille Ann

Titolo

The Coupling Convention [[electronic resource] ] : Sex, Text, and Tradition in Black Women's Fiction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994

ISBN

0-19-772357-8

1-280-52702-1

0-19-535911-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/9287/08996

813.409

Soggetti

African American women

African American women in literature

American fiction

American fiction - African American authors - History and criticism

Feminism and literature

Feminist fiction, American

Love in literature

Man-woman relationships in literature

Marriage in literature

Sex in literature

Women and literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Conventional Criticism and Unconventional Black Literature; 1. The Coupling Convention: Novel Views of Love and Marriage; 2. Literary Passionlessness and the Black Woman Question in the 1890's; 3. Women, Men, and Marriage in the Ideal Estate; 4. Blues Notes on Black Sexuality: Sex and the Texts of the Twenties and Thirties; 5. The Bourgeois, Wedding Bell Blues of Jessie Fauset and Nella Larsen; 6. Stoning the Romance: Passion, Patriarchy, and the Modern Marriage Plot; Conclusion: Marriage, Tradition, and the Individualized Talent; Notes; Bibliography; Index;



Sommario/riassunto

Spanning the period 1853 to 1948, this study explores the nascence of literary activity among American black women and goes on to investigate the cultural climate which led some of the most prominent to use the marriage convention as a means of exploring questions of sexuality and relationships.