South of tradition : essays on African American literature / Trudier Harris-Lopez
| Author(s): | Harris, Trudier |
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| Subjects: | American literature--African American authors--History and criticism African Americans in literature Race in literature Southern States--In literature |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2002 |
| LC Classification: | P, PS |
| Table of Contents: | Preface 1. Humor in Alice Walker's The Color Purple 1 2. Slanting the Truth: Homosexuality, Manhood, and Race in James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room 18 3. New Invisible Man: Revisiting a Nightmare in the 1990s (Brent Wade's Company Man and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man) 31 4. Zapping the Editor, Or, How to Tell Censors to Kiss Off without Really Trying: Zora Neale Hurston's Fights with Authority Figures in Dust Tracks on a Road 51 5. Architecture as Destiny? Women and Survival Strategies in Ann Petry's The Street 68 6. Chocklit Geography: Raymond Andrews's Mythical South 91 7. The Necessary Binding: Prison Experiences in Three August Wilson Plays 121 8. Hands beyond the Grave: Henry Dumas's Influence on Toni Morrison 140 9. Salting the Land but Not the Imagination: William Melvin Kelley's A Different Drummer 149 10. Transformations of the Land in Randall Kenan's "The Foundations of the Earth" 160 11. Expectations Too Great: The Failure of Racial Calling in Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth 175 12. Ugly Legacies of the Harlem Renaissance and Earlier: Soul Food and New Negroes 196 Index 217 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2002006738 ISBN: 0820324337 (hardcover : alk. paper) Contents: Humor in Alice Walker's The color purple -- Slanting the truth: homosexuality, manhood, and race in James Baldwin's Giovanni's room -- New invisible man: revisiting a nightmare in the 1990s (Brent Wade's Company man and Ralph Ellison's Invisible man) -- Zapping the editor, or, how to tell censors to kiss off without really trying: Zora Neale Hurston's fights with authority figures in Dust tracks on a road -- Architecture as destiny? Woman and survival strategies in Ann Petry's The street -- Chocklit geography: Raymond Andrews's mythical soul -- The necessary binding: prison experiences in three August Wilson plays -- Hands beyond the grave: Henry Dumas's influence on Toni Morrison -- Salting the land but not the imagination: William Melvin Kelley's A different drummer -- Transformations of the land in Randall Kenan's "The foundations of the earth" -- Expectations too great: the failure of racial calling in Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth -- Ugly legacies of the Harlem Renaissance and earlier: Soul food and new Negroes Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xv, 230 p. ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 49727644 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0820324337 |