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Author:

Davis, Thadious M., 1944-

Title:

Southscapes : geographies of race, region, & literature / Thadious M. Davis.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

458 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

American literature--African American authors.
American literature--Southern States.
Geographical perception in literature.
African Americans--Race identity.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. A map of the territory -- Southscapes : race, region, and reclamation -- Poverty and porches: controversial Mississippi -- Power and profession : Richard Wright's Mississippi and its expatriate legacies -- Politics and paysans : multicultural Louisiana and the space of the Crolit -- Parishes and prisons : Ernest Gaines's Louisiana and its North Carolina kin space -- Alice Walker matters : the fruits of gendered space.

Series:

New directions in southern studies

ISBN:

0807835218 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807835210 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)711043288

LCCN:

2011024073

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)