LEADER 03358nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910454349703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-58729-739-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000704714 035 $a(EBL)843147 035 $a(OCoLC)646887508 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000210904 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11184943 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000210904 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10291128 035 $a(PQKB)10176240 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843147 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9204 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843147 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354411 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000704714 100 $a20060315d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNew visions of community in contemporary American fiction$b[electronic resource] $eTan, Kingsolver, Castillo, Morrison /$fMagali Cornier Michael 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58729-511-3 311 $a1-58729-505-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-235) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rethinking Community for the Twenty-First Century; Choosing Hope and Remaking Kinship: Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club; Negotiating Collectivities: Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven; Collective Liberation and Activism via Spirituality: Ana Castillo's So Far from God; The Call to Love, to Assert Power with Others: Toni Morrison's Paradise; Conclusion: Looking to the Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn this engaging, optimistic close reading of five late twentieth-century novels by American women, Magali Cornier Michael illuminates the ways in which their authors engage with ideas of communal activism, common commitment, and social transformation. The fictions she examines imagine coalition building as a means of moving toward new forms of nonhierarchical justice; for ethnic cultures that, as a result of racist attitudes, have not been assimilated, power with each other rather than power over each other is a collective goal. Michael argues that much contemporary American fiction by wom 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican fiction$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aCommunities in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aCommunities in literature. 676 $a813/.54099287 700 $aMichael$b Magali Cornier$0919415 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454349703321 996 $aNew visions of community in contemporary American fiction$92062256 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01022nam a22002771i 4500 001 991001541959707536 005 20031120104432.0 008 040407s1962 rm a||||||||||||||||rum 035 $ab12786019-39ule_inst 035 $aARCHE-076564$9ExL 040 $aDip.to Scienze Storiche$bita$cA.t.i. Arché s.c.r.l. Pandora Sicilia s.r.l. 082 04$a759.498 100 1 $aDeac, Mircea$0484596 245 10$aJean Al. Steriadi /$ctexte de Mircea Deac 260 $aBucarest :$bMeridiens,$c1962 300 $a82 p. :$bill. ;$c20x17 cm 440 4$aLes maitres de l'art roumain 600 14$aSteriadi, Jean Alexandru 650 4$aPittura$xRomania$ySec. 20. 700 1 $aSteriadi, Jean Alexandru 907 $a.b12786019$b02-04-14$c16-04-04 912 $a991001541959707536 945 $aLE009 LA MON S 63 (Fondo Bottari)$g1$iLE009A-1487 LA$lle009$o-$pE0.00$q-$rn$so $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i13330561$z16-04-04 996 $aJean Al. Steriadi$9292765 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale009$b16-04-04$cm$da $e-$frum$grm $h0$i1