02934nam 22006373u 450 991077847990332120230421045647.00-19-772357-81-280-52702-10-19-535911-9(CKB)1000000000793930(EBL)272860(OCoLC)476012959(MiAaPQ)EBC272860(EXLCZ)99100000000079393020140113d1994|||| u|| |engThe Coupling Convention[electronic resource] Sex, Text, and Tradition in Black Women's FictionNew York Oxford University Press19941 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-507972-8 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;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.African American womenAfrican American women in literatureAmerican fictionAmerican fiction - African American authors - History and criticismFeminism and literatureFeminist fiction, AmericanLove in literatureMan-woman relationships in literatureMarriage in literatureSex in literatureWomen and literatureAfrican 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.810.9/9287/08996813.409duCille Ann959802AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910778479903321The Coupling Convention3859734UNINA