The fiction of Paule Marshall
Subtitle: reconstructions of history, culture, and gender
By: Dorothy Hamer Denniston.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Marshall, Paule, 1929-  -- Criticism and interpretation; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African Americans in literature; Sex role in literature; Women in literature; Caribbean Area -- In literature; Africa -- In literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-184) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : anatomy of an aesthetic : the African cultural base; title: 1. Challenging the American norm : the gendered sensibility in the Valley between; title: 2. Beyond bildungsroman : constructions of gender and culture in Brown girl, brownstones; title: 3. Cultural expansion and masculine subjectivity : Soul clap hands and sing; title: 4. Maturation and multiplicity in consciousness : the short stories; title: 5. Changing the present order : personal and political liberation in The chosen place, the timeless people; title: 6. Recognition and recovery : diasporan connections in Praisesong for the widow; title: 7. Transformation and re-creation of female identity in Daughters.