Geography and the Political Imaginary in the Novels of Toni Morrison

AvHerman Beavers

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Del i serien Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies

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Beskrivning

This book examines Toni Morrison’s fiction as a sustained effort to challenge the dominant narratives produced in the white supremacist political imaginary and conceptualize a more inclusive political imaginary in which black bodies are valued.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-02-19
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies
Antal sidor:253
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319659985

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Mer om författaren

Herman Beavers is Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- Held in the Thrall: Morrison’s Southern Men and the Arrested Motion of Tight Space.- From Zero to Nowhere: Tight Space and the Topophilia of Violence.- The Housing of Hurt: The Optic of Tight Space in Jazz.- A Measure of Last Resort: Limerence and the Geometrical Shape of Community in Love.- A Pox on All Your Houses: Susceptibility, Immunity, and the Dilemma of Allegory in A Mercy.- The Precarity of Freedom: Toni Morrison and the Post-Racial Moment.