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Conjugal union : the body, the house, and the Black American / Robert Reid-Pharr.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Race and American culturePublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 166 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1602561117
  • 9781602561113
  • 9780195104028
  • 0195104021
  • 1423759192
  • 9781423759195
  • 1280452536
  • 9781280452536
  • 0195355903
  • 9780195355901
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Conjugal union.DDC classification:
  • 305.896/073 21
LOC classification:
  • E185.625 .R44 1999eb
Other classification:
  • HR 1728
  • MS 3530
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Illustrations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 ENGENDERING RACE; Chapter 2 AMERICAN PANORAMA; Chapter 3 CLEAN HOUSE, PECULIAR PEOPLE; Chapter 4 BLACK, WHITE, AND YELLER; Chapter 5 CONJUGAL UNION; EPILOGUE; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; U; V; W; Y.
Summary: Arguing that gender and sexuality have always played a role in questions of black national identity, the author identifies the origins of a "national" African-American literature in 1827 and the beginnings of a novelistic tradition. He shows how various forces shaped the ideal of the black family.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-164) and index.

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List of Illustrations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 ENGENDERING RACE; Chapter 2 AMERICAN PANORAMA; Chapter 3 CLEAN HOUSE, PECULIAR PEOPLE; Chapter 4 BLACK, WHITE, AND YELLER; Chapter 5 CONJUGAL UNION; EPILOGUE; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; U; V; W; Y.

Arguing that gender and sexuality have always played a role in questions of black national identity, the author identifies the origins of a "national" African-American literature in 1827 and the beginnings of a novelistic tradition. He shows how various forces shaped the ideal of the black family.

English.

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