LEADER 02934nam 22006373u 450 001 9910778479903321 005 20230421045647.0 010 $a0-19-772357-8 010 $a1-280-52702-1 010 $a0-19-535911-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000793930 035 $a(EBL)272860 035 $a(OCoLC)476012959 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC272860 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000793930 100 $a20140113d1994|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 200 14$aThe Coupling Convention$b[electronic resource] $eSex, Text, and Tradition in Black Women's Fiction 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1994 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-507972-8 327 $aContents; 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; 330 $aSpanning 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. 606 $aAfrican American women 606 $aAfrican American women in literature 606 $aAmerican fiction 606 $aAmerican fiction - African American authors - History and criticism 606 $aFeminism and literature 606 $aFeminist fiction, American 606 $aLove in literature 606 $aMan-woman relationships in literature 606 $aMarriage in literature 606 $aSex in literature 606 $aWomen and literature 615 4$aAfrican American women. 615 4$aAfrican American women in literature. 615 4$aAmerican fiction. 615 4$aAmerican fiction - African American authors - History and criticism. 615 4$aFeminism and literature. 615 4$aFeminist fiction, American. 615 4$aLove in literature. 615 4$aMan-woman relationships in literature. 615 4$aMarriage in literature. 615 4$aSex in literature. 615 4$aWomen and literature. 676 $a810.9/9287/08996 676 $a813.409 700 $aduCille$b Ann$0959802 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778479903321 996 $aThe Coupling Convention$93859734 997 $aUNINA