Race, gender, & comparative Black modernism : Jennifer M. Wilks ... [et al.].

Author/creator Wilks, Jennifer M., 1973-
Format Book
Publication InfoBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2008.
Descriptionx, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism.
American literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Caribbean literature (French)--Black authors. --History and criticism.
Caribbean literature (French)--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Race in literature.
Women, Black, in literature.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.
Modernism (Literature)--Caribbean Area.
Comparative literature--American and Caribbean (French).
Comparative literature--Caribbean (French) and American.

Other author/creatorLacascade, Suzanne.
Other author/creatorBonner, Marita, 1898-1971.
Other author/creatorCésaire, Suzanne.
Other author/creatorWest, Dorothy, 1907-1998.
Contents Introduction: model modernity -- A dying exoticism: the enigmatic fiction of Suzanne Lacascade -- The limits of exemplarity: Marita Bonner's alternative modernist landscapes -- Surrealist dreams, Martinican realities: the negritude of Suzanne Césaire -- Black modernism in retrospect: Dorothy West's new (Negro) women -- Conclusion: atypical women revisited.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index.
LCCN 2008014734
ISBN9780807133644 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807133647 (cloth : alk. paper)

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