Depictions of Home in African American Literature
Depictions of Home in African American Literature
Harris, Trudier
Lexington Books
12/2021
232
Dura
Inglês
9781793649638
15 a 20 dias
526
Chapter 1: Movement, Migration, and Homelessness
Margaret Walker's Jubilee (1966)
Chapter 2: Where I Live is Not Home
James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953); Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (1970);
Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog (2001)
Chapter 3: Lonely Place, Unwelcoming Space
A. J. Verdelle's The Good Negress (1995)
Chapter 4: A Mother's Desire, A Son's Hell
Daniel Black's Perfect Peace (2010)
Chapter 5: A Mother's Domination, A Family's Submission
Dorothy West's The Living Is Easy (1940)
Chapter 6: Wrapped in Imagination and Desire
Countee Cullen, "Heritage"; Ann Petry, "Mother Africa"; Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (1959); Alice Walker, "Everyday Use" (1973); Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon (1977); Phyllis Alesia Perry, Stigmata (1998); Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing (2016); James Weldon Johnson; Sterling A. Brown
Conclusion: While We're in This Place . . .
Chapter 1: Movement, Migration, and Homelessness
Margaret Walker's Jubilee (1966)
Chapter 2: Where I Live is Not Home
James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953); Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (1970);
Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog (2001)
Chapter 3: Lonely Place, Unwelcoming Space
A. J. Verdelle's The Good Negress (1995)
Chapter 4: A Mother's Desire, A Son's Hell
Daniel Black's Perfect Peace (2010)
Chapter 5: A Mother's Domination, A Family's Submission
Dorothy West's The Living Is Easy (1940)
Chapter 6: Wrapped in Imagination and Desire
Countee Cullen, "Heritage"; Ann Petry, "Mother Africa"; Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (1959); Alice Walker, "Everyday Use" (1973); Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon (1977); Phyllis Alesia Perry, Stigmata (1998); Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing (2016); James Weldon Johnson; Sterling A. Brown
Conclusion: While We're in This Place . . .