Depictions of home in African American literature / Trudier Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Trudier, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American families in literature.

African Americans in literature.

Home in literature.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]

Summary:

This book studies fictional homespaces in African American literature from those set in the time of slavery to modern urban configurations of the homespace. The author examines the factors that influence homespaces in African American literature and analyzes why African American writers often portray troubling and dysfunctional homespaces.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Movement, Migration, and Homelessness

Where I Live Is Not Home

Lonely Place, Unwelcoming Space

A Mother's Desire, A Son's Hell

A Mother's Domination, A Family's Submission

Wrapped in Imagination and Desire

Conclusion

Bibliography

Credits

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Harris, Trudier Depictions of Home in African American Literature

ISBN:

1-7936-4964-2