"Not even past" : race, historical trauma, and subjectivity in Faulkner, Larsen, and Van Vechten / Dorothy Stringer.

Contents "Little black man": repetition, the lesbian phallus, and the southern rape complex in Sanctuary -- "Which tooth hit you first?": nation, home, women, and violence in Requiem for a nun -- "Anyone with half an eye": blackness and the disaster of narcissism in Quicksand -- "A having way": fetishism and the black bourgeoisie in Passing -- "To glorify the negro": photographic shock and blackness in Carl Van Vechten's Portraiture.
General note"American Literatures Initiative"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009016297
ISBN9780823231478 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN082323147X (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS3511.A86 Z97325 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold