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245 10 a| Saints, sinners, saviors : strong Black women in African American literature /c| Trudier Harris.;

260 a| New York :b| Palgrave,c| 2001.;

300 a| vi, 218 pages ;c| 22 cm;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-208) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: the Black female body: seeing, believing and perpetuating popular and literary images -- A raisin in the sun: the strong Black woman as acceptable tyrant -- Strength and the battle ground of slavery: even parody: Ishmael Reed and Mammy Barracuda -- Strength and the battle ground of slavery: survival beyond survival: the price of strength in Beloved -- Commanding the universe: more than witch: Bambara's Minnie Ransom ; Tough enough to kill, tough enough to transcend death: J. California Cooper's Clora -- Strength as disease bordering on evil: Dorothy West's Cleo Judson -- The stubbornness of tradition: do what Big Mama sez: Ernest J. Gaines's A lesson before dying ; New territory, no change: Pearl Cleage's Flyin' west -- Balance?: Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the sower -- Conclusion: can this mold be broken?.;

650 0 a| American literaturex| African American authorsx| History and criticism.=| ^A24860;

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Saints, sinners, saviors : strong Black women in African American literature / Trudier Harris.

Author/creator	Harris, Trudier
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Palgrave, 2001.
Description	vi, 218 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism. Women and literature--United States. --History. --20th century. American literature--20th century. --History and criticism. African American women in literature. Women in literature.

Contents	Introduction: the Black female body: seeing, believing and perpetuating popular and literary images -- A raisin in the sun: the strong Black woman as acceptable tyrant -- Strength and the battle ground of slavery: even parody: Ishmael Reed and Mammy Barracuda -- Strength and the battle ground of slavery: survival beyond survival: the price of strength in Beloved -- Commanding the universe: more than witch: Bambara's Minnie Ransom ; Tough enough to kill, tough enough to transcend death: J. California Cooper's Clora -- Strength as disease bordering on evil: Dorothy West's Cleo Judson -- The stubbornness of tradition: do what Big Mama sez: Ernest J. Gaines's A lesson before dying ; New territory, no change: Pearl Cleage's Flyin' west -- Balance?: Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the sower -- Conclusion: can this mold be broken?.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-208) and index.
LCCN	2001036009
ISBN	0312293003
ISBN	0312293038 (alk. paper)

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