Depictions of home in African American literature. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Trudier Harris.
• Authors: Harris, Trudier
• Contents: Introduction: Home in African American Literature: Difficult to Define, Challenging to Claim Chapter 1: Movement, Migration, and Homelessness Margaret Walker&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">Jubilee (1966) Chapter 2: Where I Live is Not Home James Baldwin, <span style="font-style:italic;">Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953); Toni Morrison, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Bluest Eye (1970); Suzan-Lori Parks, <span style="font-style:italic;">Topdog/Underdog (2001) Chapter 3: Lonely Place, Unwelcoming Space A. J. Verdelle&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">The Good Negress (1995) Chapter 4: A Mother&rsquo;s Desire, A Son&rsquo;s Hell Daniel Black&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">Perfect Peace (2010) Chapter 5: A Mother&rsquo;s Domination, A Family&rsquo;s Submission Dorothy West&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">The Living Is Easy (1940) Chapter 6: Wrapped in Imagination and Desire Countee Cullen, &ldquo;Heritage&rdquo;; Ann Petry, &ldquo;Mother Africa&rdquo;; Lorraine Hansberry, <span style="font-style:italic;">A Raisin in the Sun (1959); Alice Walker, &ldquo;Everyday Use&rdquo; (1973); Toni Morrison, <span style="font-style:italic;">Song of Solomon (1977); Phyllis Alesia Perry, <span style="font-style:italic;">Stigmata (1998); Yaa Gyasi, <span style="font-style:italic;">Homegoing (2016); James Weldon Johnson; Sterling A. Brown Conclusion: While We&rsquo;re in This Place . . .
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 810.9896073; American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism; Home in literature; African Americans in literature; African American families in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781793649645
• Related ISBNs: 9781793649638
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