02868nam 2200661Ia 450 991081671390332120240418045026.01-283-57598-10-8139-3330-7(CKB)2670000000241385(OCoLC)810416098(CaPaEBR)ebrary10595443(SSID)ssj0000747430(PQKBManifestationID)11424447(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747430(PQKBWorkID)10704798(PQKB)11486151(MiAaPQ)EBC3444050(MdBmJHUP)muse18767(Au-PeEL)EBL3444050(CaPaEBR)ebr10595443(CaONFJC)MIL388843(OCoLC)932314909(EXLCZ)99267000000024138520120328d2012 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrActivism and the American novel religion and resistance in fiction by women of color /Channette Romero1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20121 online resource (227 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8139-3328-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.American fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismAmerican fictionMinority authorsHistory and criticismWomen and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPolitics and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryReligion in literatureAmerican fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.American fictionMinority authorsHistory and criticism.Women and literatureHistoryPolitics and literatureHistoryReligion in literature.813.009/9287Romero Channette1698142MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816713903321Activism and the American novel4079395UNINA