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Southscapes : geographies of race, region, & literature

Title
Southscapes : geographies of race, region, & literature / Thadious M. Davis.
Author
Davis, Thadious M., 1944-
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.

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Description
458 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
New directions in southern studies
Uniform Title
New directions in southern studies.
Subject
  • American literature > African American authors
  • American literature > Southern States
  • Geographical perception in literature
  • African Americans > Race identity
  • Place (Philosophy) in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. A map of the territory -- Southscapes : race, region, and reclamation -- Poverty and porches: controversial Mississippi -- Power and profession : Richard Wright's Mississippi and its expatriate legacies -- Politics and paysans : multicultural Louisiana and the space of the Crolit -- Parishes and prisons : Ernest Gaines's Louisiana and its North Carolina kin space -- Alice Walker matters : the fruits of gendered space.
Call Number
Sc E 12-12
ISBN
  • 9780807835210 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0807835218 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011024073
OCLC
711043288
Author
Davis, Thadious M., 1944-
Title
Southscapes : geographies of race, region, & literature / Thadious M. Davis.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.
Series
New directions in southern studies
New directions in southern studies.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 12-12
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