James Baldwin and Toni Morrison: Comparative Critical and Theoretical Essays / / by Lovalerie King, L. Scott

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2006.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.989607309045
• Soggetto topico: America - Literatures; Literature, Modern - 20th century; Fiction; Literature - History and criticism; Literature - Philosophy; North American Literature; Twentieth-Century Literature; Fiction Literature; Literary History; Literary Theory
• Classificazione: 18.06
• Altri autori: KingLovalerie ScottLynn Orilla <1950->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: BALDWIN AND MORRISON IN DIALOGUE; BALDWIN'S BOP 'N' MORRISON'S MOOD: BEBOP AND RACE IN JAMES BALDWIN'S ANOTHER COUNTRY AND TONI MORRISON'S JAZZ; NARRATING THE BEAT OF THE HEART, JAZZING THE TEXT OF DESIRE: A COMPARATIVE INTERFACE OF JAMES BALDWIN'S ANOTHER COUNTRY AND TONI MORRISON'S JAZZ; REVISING REVISION: METHODOLOGIES OF LOVE, DESIRE, AND RESISTANCE IN BELOVED AND IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK; REVISING THE INCEST STORY: TONI MORRISON'S THE BLUEST EYE AND JAMES BALDWIN'S JUST ABOVE MY HEAD ; WATCHERS WATCHING WATCHERS: POSITIONING CHARACTERS AND READERS IN BALDWIN'S ""SONNY'S BLUES"" AND MORRISON'S ""RECITATIF""PLAYING A MEAN GUITAR: THE LEGACY OF STAGGERLEE IN BALDWIN AND MORRISON; REFIGURING THE FLESH: THE WORD, THE BODY, AND THE RITUALS OF BEING IN BELOVED AND GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN; RESISTANCE AGAINST RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND SOCIAL OPPRESSION IN GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN AND BELOVED; SECULAR WORD, SACRED FLESH: PREACHERS IN THE FICTION OF BALDWIN AND MORRISON; UNSEEN OR UNSPEAKABLE? RACIAL EVIDENCE IN BALDWIN'S AND MORRISON'S NONFICTION ; THE ART OF WHITENESS IN THE NONFICTION OF JAMES BALDWIN AND TONI MORRISONTHE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN: THE ALCHEMY OF RACE AND SEXUALITY; FEMININITY, ABJECTION, AND (BLACK) MASCULINITY IN JAMES BALDWIN'S GIOVANNI'S ROOM AND TONI MORRISON'S BELOVED; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of comparative critical and theoretical essays examines James Baldwin and Toni Morrison's reciprocal literary relationship. By reading these authors side-by-side, this collection forges new avenues of discovery and interpretation related to their representations of African American and American literature and cultural experience.
• Titolo autorizzato: James Baldwin and Toni Morrison: Comparative Critical and Theoretical Essays
• ISBN: 9786611360979; 9781281360977; 128136097X; 9780230601383; 0230601383
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957016803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II