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Claiming the heritage : African-American women novelists and history

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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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