Reading contemporary African American literature : black women's popular fiction, post-civil rights experience, and the African American canon /
"Reading Contemporary African American Literature focuses on the subject of contemporary African American popular fiction by women. Bragg's study addresses why such work should be the subject of scholarly examination, describes the events and attitudes which account for the critical neglec...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2015]
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780739188798 0739188798 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- The reconstructionist canon, Black feminist literary perspectives, and popular potential
- Toni Morrison's tar baby and the problem of classification
- Girlfriend fiction : Black women writers and readers negotiating post-civil rights womanhood
- Feminism and the streets : urban fiction and the quest for female independence in the era of transactional sexuality
- Hip hop tell-all memoirs and modes of self-construction
- Conclusion : from critical practice to classroom practice.