Research Catalog
Scarlet Sister Mary
- Title
- Scarlet Sister Mary / by Julia Peterkin.
- Author
- Peterkin, Julia, 1880-1961
- Publication
- Indianapolis : The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publisher, 1928.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc Fic (Peterkin, J. Scarlet sister Mary. Airplane ed.) | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
| Text | Request in advance | NBO (Peterkin, J. M. Scarlet sister Mary) | Offsite | |
| Text | Supervised use | NBO (Peterkin, J. M. Scarlet sister Mar | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- 345 pages; 18 cm
- Summary
- Banned in Boston when it was first published in 1928, Scarlet Sister Mary is the story of a free-spirited woman's life in the post-Emancipation South [Carolina]; a sexy, independent, and outspoken woman who lives to please herself. Abandoned by her husband, the heroine takes many lovers, loses her firstborn son, and eventually "finds peace" as a church member, although she refuses to give up her love charm and her gold hoop earrings. This book shocked readers with its sensual portrayal of a Black woman's private life, but it was universally lauded for its honesty and courage. The first edition sold more than one million copies worldwide, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1929.
- Subject
- Women, Black > South Carolina > Fiction
- African American women > South Carolina > Fiction
- Gullah women > South Carolina > Fiction
- Plantation workers > South Carolina > Fiction
- Man-woman relationships > Fiction
- Conduct of life > Fiction
- Communities > Religious aspects > Fiction
- African American women
- Plantation workers
- Women, Black
- Gullah women
- Man-woman relationships
- Conduct of life
- Communities > Religious aspects
- Communities
- Race relations
- South Carolina > Race relations > Fiction
- South Carolina
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Call Number
- Sc Fic (Peterkin, J. Scarlet sister Mary. Airplane ed.)
- OCLC
- 19237574
- Author
- Peterkin, Julia, 1880-1961, author.
- Title
- Scarlet Sister Mary / by Julia Peterkin.
- Publisher
- Indianapolis : The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publisher, 1928.
- Edition
- Airplane Edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- NBO (Peterkin, J. M. Scarlet sister Mary)