This book studies fictional homespaces in African American literature from those set in the time of slavery to modern urban configurations of the homespace. The author examines the factors that influence homespaces in African American literature and analyzes why African American writers often portray troubling and dysfunctional homespaces.
This book studies fictional homespaces in African American literature from those set in the time of slavery to modern urban configurations of the homespace. The author examines the factors that influence homespaces in African American literature and analyzes why African American writers often portray troubling and dysfunctional homespaces.
Trudier Harris is University Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of English at the University of Alabama.
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Introduction: Home in African American Literature: Difficult to Define, Challenging to Claim 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 . . .
Introduction: Home in African American Literature: Difficult to Define, Challenging to Claim 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 . . .
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