LEADER 03294nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910817305903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-772357-8 010 $a1-280-52702-1 010 $a0-19-535911-9 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195079722.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000793930 035 $a(EBL)272860 035 $a(OCoLC)476012959 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC272860 035 $a(OCoLC)1406781707 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197723579 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000793930 100 $a19930104d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe coupling convention $esex, text, and tradition in Black women's fiction /$fAnn duCille 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1993 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 1993. 311 $a0-19-507972-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 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 $aSpanning the period 1853 to 1948, this study explores the nascence of literary activity among American black women and goes on to investigate the cultural climate which led some of the most prominent to use the marriage convention as a means of exploring questions of sexuality and relationships. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFeminism and literature$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMan-woman relationships in literature 606 $aAfrican American women in literature 606 $aMarriage in literature 606 $aLove in literature 606 $aSex in literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFeminism and literature$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory. 615 0$aMan-woman relationships in literature. 615 0$aAfrican American women in literature. 615 0$aMarriage in literature. 615 0$aLove in literature. 615 0$aSex in literature. 676 $a810.9/9287/08996 676 $a813.409 700 $aDuCille$b Ann$0959802 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817305903321 996 $aThe Coupling Convention$93937843 997 $aUNINA