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Author:

Glass, Kathy L., author.

Title:

Politics and affect in Black women's fiction / Kathy Glass.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

ix, 125 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins,--1825-1911--Political and social views.
Collins, Julia C.,---1865--Political and social views.
Larsen, Nella--Political and social views.
Senna, Danzy--Political and social views.
American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Racism in literature.
Affect (Psychology) in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Literature and society--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-117) and index.

Contents:

Love-driven politics in Frances Harper's The Two offers -- Do unto others: de-racializing the golden rule in Julia Collins's The Curse of caste; or The Slave bride -- Nella Larsen's Spiritual strivings -- On Blackness and longing in Danzy Senna's Caucasia."

Summary:

'This book offers original readings of classic and contemporary black texts, highlighting the pain of racism and love-based strategies of antiracist resistance. Kathy Glass gives sustained attention to the impact of racist affect on the black body and how black women writers deploy emotional states to move readers to progressive political action.

Series:

Philosophy of race

ISBN:

1498538398
9781498538398

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1005684030

LCCN:

2017049362

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)