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Burnin' down the house : home in African American literature
- Title
- Burnin' down the house : home in African American literature / Valerie Sweeney Prince.
- Author
- Prince, Valerie Sweeney.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2005], ©2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Request in advance | PS374.N4 P75 2005 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 153 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Alternative Title
- Burning down the house
- Subjects
- African Americans > Intellectual life
- Dwellings in literature
- Home in literature
- Domestic fiction, American > History and criticism
- African American women in literature
- Families in literature
- African Americans in literature
- African American families in literature
- American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : a house is not a home -- 1. Living (just enough) for the city : Native son -- 2. Keep on moving don't stop : Invisible man -- 3. Get in the kitchen and rattle them pots and pans : The bluest eye -- 4. She's a brick house : Corregidora -- 5. God bless the child that's got his own : Song of Solomon.
- ISBN
- 0231134401 (alk. paper)
- 023113441X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004049444
- OCLC
- ocm55016288
- SCSB-5157663
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries