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02425aam a22003498i 4500 001 A1FAE932EEA211E6ABB57AECDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170209023435 008 161031r20171956mau b 000 1 eng 010 $a 2016040880 020 $a 0807050741 (paperback) 020 $a 9780807050743 (paperback) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SKYRV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3505.H76 $b L5 2017 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Childress, Alice, $e author. 245 10 $a Like one of the family : $b conversations from a domestic's life / $c Alice Childress ; foreword by Roxane Gay ; introduction by Trudier Harris. 263 $a 1701 264 1 $a Boston : $b Beacon Press, $c [2017] 300 $a 221 pages ; $c 22 cm. 500 $a "Published originally by Independence Publishers, Brooklyn, New York, 1956"--Title page verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "A new edition of Alice Childress's classic novel about African American domestic workers, featuring a foreword by Roxane Gay First published in Paul Robeson's newspaper, Freedom, and composed of a series of conversations between Mildred, a black domestic, and her friend Marge, Like One of the Family is a wry, incisive portrait of working women in Harlem in the 1950's. Rippling with satire and humor, Mildred's outspoken accounts vividly capture her white employers' complacency and condescension--and their startled reactions to a maid who speaks her mind and refuses to exchange dignity for pay. Upon publication the book sparked a critique of working conditions, laying the groundwork for the contemporary domestic worker movement. Although she was critically praised, Childress's uncompromising politics and unflinching depictions of racism, classism, and sexism relegated her to the fringe of American literature. Like One of the Family has been long overlooked, but this new edition, featuring a foreword by best-selling author Roxane Gay, will introduce Childress to a new generation"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a African American women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women household employees $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Domestic fiction. 700 1 $a Gay, Roxane, $e writer of foreword. 700 1 $a Harris, Trudier, $e writer of introduction. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20170209023807.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A1FAE932EEA211E6ABB57AECDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search