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The coupling convention : sex, text, and tradition in Black women's fiction / Ann duCille.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DuCille, Ann, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Feminism and literature--United States--History.
- Feminism and literature.
- Feminist fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Feminist fiction, American.
- African American women--Intellectual life.
- African American women.
- Women and literature--United States.
- Women and literature.
- Man-woman relationships in literature.
- African American women in literature.
- Marriage in literature.
- Love in literature.
- Sex in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Spanning the period 1853 to 1948, this study explores the nascence of literary activity among American black women and goes on to investigate the cultural climate which led some of the most prominent to use the marriage convention as a means of exploring questions of sexuality and relationships.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: Conventional Criticism and Unconventional Black Literature; 1. The Coupling Convention: Novel Views of Love and Marriage; 2. Literary Passionlessness and the Black Woman Question in the 1890's; 3. Women, Men, and Marriage in the Ideal Estate; 4. Blues Notes on Black Sexuality: Sex and the Texts of the Twenties and Thirties; 5. The Bourgeois, Wedding Bell Blues of Jessie Fauset and Nella Larsen; 6. Stoning the Romance: Passion, Patriarchy, and the Modern Marriage Plot; Conclusion: Marriage, Tradition, and the Individualized Talent; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1993.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-193) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772357-8
- 1-280-52702-1
- 0-19-535911-9
- OCLC:
- 476012959
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