MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2001036009
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008 010522s2001 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aPS153.N5$bH29 2001
082 00 $a810.9/352042$221
100 1 $aHarris, Trudier.
245 10 $aSaints, sinners, saviors : strong Black women in African American literature /$cTrudier Harris.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave,$c2001.
300 $avi, 218 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-208) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Introduction -- The Black Female Body: Seeing, Believing, -- and Perpetuating Popular and Literary Images -- Chapter 2 A Raisin in the Sun -- The Strong Black Woman as Acceptable Tyrant -- Chapter 3 Strength and the Battle Ground of Slavery -- I. Even Parody: Ishmael Reed and Maamy Barracuda -- Chapter 4 Strength and the Battle Ground of Slavery -- II. Survival Beyond Survival: -- The Price of Strength in Beloved -- Chapter 5 Commanding the Universe -- I. More Than Witch: Barbaras Minnie Ransom -- I. Tough Enough to Kill, Tough Enough -- to Transcend Death: J i Califni Coopers Clora -- C hapter 6 Strength as Disease Bordering on Evil -- Dorothy West's Cleo Judson -- Chapter 7 The Stubbornness of Tradition -- Do What Big Mama Sez: Ernest J. Gainess -- A Lesson Befoe Dying -- II. New Territory, No Change: Pearl Clcage's Fyin Wst -- Chapter 8: Balance? -- Octavia E. Butle's Parable of the Sower -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- Can this Mold be Broken? -- Notes -- Works Cited or Consulted -- Index.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life$y20th century.
650 0 $aAfrican American women in literature.
650 0 $aWomen in literature.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol058/2001036009.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol052/2001036009.html
856 4 $3Table of Contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001036009.html