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The scary Mason-Dixon Line : African American writers and the South / Trudier Harris.

Van Pelt Library PS153.N5 H293 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Harris, Trudier.
Series:
Southern literary studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
American literature.
American literature--African American authors.
Racism--Psychological aspects.
Racism.
Slavery--Psychological aspects.
Slavery.
Southern States--In literature.
Southern States.
African Americans in literature.
Fear in literature.
African Americans--Race identity.
African Americans.
African Americans--Psychology.
Literature and history--United States--History--20th century.
Literature and history.
United States.
History.
Physical Description:
xi, 247 pages ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2009]
Contents:
1 Such A Frightening Musical Form: / James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie (1964) 19
2 Fear of Manhood in the Wake of Systemic Racism in / Ernest J. Gaines's "Three Men" (1968) 41
3 The Irresistible Appeal of Slavery: Fear of Losing the Self in / Octavia E. Butler's Kindred (1979) 62
4 Owning the Script, Owning the Self: Transcendence of Fear in / Sherley Anne, William's Dessa Rose (1986) 81
5 10,000 Miles from Dixie and Still in the South: Fear of Transplanted Racism in / Yusef Komunyakaa's, Vietnam Poetry, Dien Cai Dau (1988) 101
6 Fear of Family, Christianity, and the Self: Black Southern "Othering" in / Randall Kenan's A Visitation of Spirits (1989) 115
7 A Haunting Diary and a Slasher Quilt: Using Dynamic Folk Communities to Combat Terror in Phyllis / Alesia Perry's Stigmata (1998) 133
8 Domesticating Fear: / Tayari Jones's Mission in Leaving Atlanta (2002) 151
9 The Worst Fear Imaginable: Black Slave Owners in / Edward P. Jones's The Known World (2003) 174
10 No Fear; or, Autoerotic Creativity: How Raymond Andrews Pleasures Himself in Baby Sweet's (1983) 195.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.
ISBN:
9780807133958
0807133957
9780801833953
0801833957
OCLC:
234257235

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