A human necklace
Subtitle: slavery and its aftermath in Paule Marshall's fiction
By: Moira Ferguson
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781438444192
Subjects: African Americans in literature; Blacks in literature; Postcolonialism in literature; Criticism and interpretation; African American women in literature; In literature; African diaspora in literature; Identity (Psychology) in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Wanting brownstones : why Brooklyn?; title: Soul clap hands and sing : sadness, resistance, redemption; title: A "nation of diabetics" meets empire; title: Water and nomenclature : Praisesong for the widow; title: Paule Marshall's Daughters : wars of independence; title: The fisher king : new beginnings and a culmination.