Research Catalog

Title

Claiming the heritage : African-American women novelists and history / by Missy Dehn Kubitschek.

Author

Kubitschek, Missy Dehn

Publication

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©1991.

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Details

Description

xxiii, 203 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• 1900-1999
• American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
• Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century
• American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
• American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
• Historical fiction, American > History and criticism
• African American women > Intellectual life
• Literature and history > United States
• African American women in literature
• African Americans in literature
• Slavery in literature
• Families in literature
• Historical fiction, American > 20th century > History and criticism
• American literature > Women authors > History and criticism
• Roman américain > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique
• Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle
• Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique
• Noires américaines > Vie intellectuelle
• Esclavage dans la littérature
• Noirs américains dans la littérature
• Familles dans la littérature
• Roman historique américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique
• Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique
• Littérature et histoire > États-Unis
• American literature > Women authors
• African American women in literature
• African American women > Intellectual life
• African Americans in literature
• American fiction
• American fiction > African American authors
• American fiction > Women authors
• Families in literature
• Historical fiction, American
• Literature and history
• Slavery in literature
• Women and literature
• Frauenliteratur
• Frauenroman
• Geschichtsdarstellung
• Schwarze
• Vrouwelijke auteurs
• Fictie
• Zwarten
• Geschichte 1900-1990
• United States
• USA
• Schwärze
• English fiction By Black women

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-195) and index.

Contents

"My mother talking" : ancestral voices and the quest for identity -- "What would a writer be doing working out of a slave market?" : Kindred as paradigm, kindred in its own write -- "Save de text" : History, storytelling, and the female quest in Their Eyes Were Watching God -- Paule Marshall's witness to history -- Birthrights, Passing, history, and ancient properties -- Every mother a daughter -- Afterword : on getting the whole story.

ISBN

• 0878054561
• 9780878054565
• 0878054758
• 9780878054756

LCCN

90044984

OCLC

• ocm22240157
• 22240157
• SCSB-8784807

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library