Women's work : nationalism and contemporary African American women's novels /

Women's work : nationalism and contemporary African American women's novels /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Thorsson, Courtney, 1978-
Imprint:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Description:	ix, 227 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism. American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism. African American women in literature. National characteristics, American, in literature. African American women -- Employment -- In literature. African American women in literature. American fiction -- African American authors. American fiction -- Women authors. National characteristics, American, in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9136298

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ISBN:	9780813934471 (cloth : alk. paper) 0813934478 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780813934488 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0813934486 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780813934495 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Organizing her nation:Toni Cade Bambara's The salt eaters
Cooking up a nation: Ntozake Shange's Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
Dancing up a nation: Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the widow
Mapping and moving nation: Gloria Naylor's Mama day
Inscribing community: Toni Morrison's Paradise.