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Author:

Hardison, Ayesha K.

Title:

Writing through Jane Crow : race and gender politics in African American literature / Ayesha K. Hardison.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
African American women in literature.
Racism in literature.
Sex discrimination in literature.
African American women in literature.
American literature.
American literature--African American authors.
American literature--Women authors.
Racism in literature.
Sex discrimination in literature.
Literatur.
Schwarze.
Weibliche Schwarze.
Rassendiskriminierung.
Rassentrennung.
Diskriminierung.
Geschlecht.
USA.
1900 - 1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-270) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : defining Jane Crow -- At the point of no return : a native son and his Gorgon muse -- Gender conscriptions, class conciliations and the bourgeois blues aesthetic -- "Nobody could tell who this be" : black and white doubles and the challenge to pedestal femininity -- "I'll see how crazy they think I am" : pulping sexual violence, racial melancholia, and healthy citizenship -- Rereading the construction of womanhood in popular narratives of domesticity -- The audacity of hope : an American daughter and her dream for cultural hybridity -- Epilogue : refashioning Jane Crow and the black female body.

ISBN:

0813935938 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813935935 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081393592X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813935928 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)862347694

LCCN:

2013039219

Locations:

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

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)