03232nam 2200685 a 450 991046125760332120200520144314.01-4696-0255-50-8078-6932-5(CKB)2670000000131346(EBL)819538(OCoLC)768082795(SSID)ssj0000565764(PQKBManifestationID)11354502(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565764(PQKBWorkID)10545324(PQKB)11460209(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245894(MiAaPQ)EBC819538(MdBmJHUP)muse23365(Au-PeEL)EBL819538(CaPaEBR)ebr10518909(EXLCZ)99267000000013134620110609d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSouthscapes[electronic resource] geographies of race, region, and literature /Thadious M. DavisChapel Hill, N.C. University of North Carolina Pressc20111 online resource (471 p.)New directions in southern studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-2195-9 0-8078-3521-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. A map of the territory -- Southscapes : race, region, and reclamation -- Poverty and porches: controversial Mississippi -- Power and profession : Richard Wright's Mississippi and its expatriate legacies -- Politics and paysans : multicultural Louisiana and the space of the Crolit -- Parishes and prisons : Ernest Gaines's Louisiana and its North Carolina kin space -- Alice Walker matters : the fruits of gendered space.In this innovative approach to southern literary cultures, Thadious Davis analyzes how black southern writers use their spatial location to articulate the vexed connections between society and environment, particularly under segregation and its legacies. Basing her analysis on texts by Ernest Gaines, Richard Wright, Alice Walker, Natasha Trethewey, Olympia Vernon, Brenda Marie Osbey, Sybil Kein, and others, Davis reveals how these writers reconstitute racial exclusion as creative black space, rather than a site of trauma and resistance. Utilizing the social and political separation epiNew directions in southern studies.American literatureAfrican American authorsAmerican literatureSouthern StatesGeographical perception in literatureAfrican AmericansRace identityPlace (Philosophy) in literatureElectronic books.American literatureAfrican American authors.American literatureGeographical perception in literature.African AmericansRace identity.Place (Philosophy) in literature.810.9/896073075Davis Thadious M.1944-1028034MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461257603321Southscapes2443846UNINA