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BL
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959836
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b714206
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| Main Entry
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Wilks, Jennifer M.,1973-
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| Title & Author
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Race, gender, comparative Black modernism : : Suzanne Lacascade, Marita Bonner, Suzanne Césaire, Dorothy West /\ Jennifer M. Wilks.
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| Publication Statement
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Baton Rouge :: Louisiana State University Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (x, 259 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0807133647
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: 0807134872
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: 9780807133644
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: 9780807134870
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: model modernity -- A dying exoticism: the enigmatic fiction of Suzanne Lacascade -- The limits of exemplarity: Marita Bonner's alternative modernist landscapes -- Surrealist dreams, Martinican realities: the negritude of Suzanne Césaire -- Black modernism in retrospect: Dorothy West's new (Negro) women -- Conclusion: atypical women revisited.
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| Abstract
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Race, Gender, and Comparative Black Modernism revives and critiques four African American and Francophone Caribbean women writers sometimes overlooked in discussions of early-twentieth-century literature: Guadeloupean Suzanne Lacascade (dates unknown), African American Marita Bonner (1899-1971), Martinican Suzanne Césaire (1913-1966), and African American Dorothy West (1907-1998). Reexamining their most significant work, Jennifer M. Wilks demonstrates how their writing challenges prevailing racial archetypes-such as the New Negro and the Negritude hero-of the period from the 1920s to the 1940s.
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American literature-- African American authors-- History and criticism.
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American literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Caribbean literature (French)-- Black authors-- History and criticism.
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Caribbean literature (French)-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Comparative literature-- American and Caribbean (French)
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Comparative literature-- Caribbean (French) and American.
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Modernism (Literature)-- Caribbean Area.
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Modernism (Literature)-- United States.
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Race in literature.
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Women, Black, in literature.
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American literature-- African American authors
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American literature-- Women authors
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Caribbean literature (French)-- Black authors
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Modernism (Literature)
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Race in literature
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Women, Black, in literature
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Caribbean Area
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United States
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9/896073
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| LC Classification
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PS153.N5W55 2008eb
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| Parallel Title
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Race, gender, and comparative Black modernism
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