Race and racism in literature
By: Charles E. Wilson, Jr.
Series: Exploring social issues through literature
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: American literature -- History and criticism.; Racism in literature.; Literature and society -- United States.; Race in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-148) and index.
Table of contents: title: Mark Twain, The adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885); title: Richard Wright, Native son (1940); title: Harper Lee, To kill a mockingbird (1960); title: Jose Antonio Villarreal, Pocho (1959); title: Sandra Cisneros, The house on Mango Street (1984); title: Margaret Craven, I heard the owl call my name (1973); title: Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977); title: Arlene J. Chai, The last time I saw mother (1995); title: Nora Okja Keller, Fox girl (2002); title: Rita Ciresi, Sometimes I dream in Italian (2000); title: Chaim Potok, The chosen (1967); title: Amy Wilentz, Martyrs' crossing (2001).