Activism and the American novel : religion and resistance in fiction by women of color / / Channette Romero
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Romero Channette
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| Titolo: |
Activism and the American novel : religion and resistance in fiction by women of color / / Channette Romero
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| Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813.009/9287 |
| Soggetto topico: | American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism |
| American fiction - Minority authors - History and criticism | |
| Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Religion in literature | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Activism and the American novel |
| ISBN: | 1-283-57598-1 |
| 0-8139-3330-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816713903321 |
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