LEADER 02868nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910816713903321 005 20240418045026.0 010 $a1-283-57598-1 010 $a0-8139-3330-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241385 035 $a(OCoLC)810416098 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10595443 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000747430 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11424447 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747430 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10704798 035 $a(PQKB)11486151 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444050 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18767 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444050 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10595443 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL388843 035 $a(OCoLC)932314909 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241385 100 $a20120328d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aActivism and the American novel $ereligion and resistance in fiction by women of color /$fChannette Romero 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCharlottesville $cUniversity of Virginia Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (227 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8139-3328-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aCritical 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. 606 $aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitics and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aReligion in literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aReligion in literature. 676 $a813.009/9287 700 $aRomero$b Channette$01698142 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816713903321 996 $aActivism and the American novel$94079395 997 $aUNINA