Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Saints, sinners, saviors

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

47054735

Responsibility statement

Trudier Harris

Sub title

strong Black women in African American literature

Table Of 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?

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