Places of silence, journeys of freedom [electronic resource] : the fiction of Paule Marshall
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Places of silence, journeys of freedom [electronic resource] : the fiction of Paule Marshall
Places of silence, journeys of freedom
Penn studies in contemporary American fiction
Penn studies in contemporary American fiction.
Author:
DeLamotte, Eugenia C,
Electronic Access:
E-book available to Middlesex College students and staff; click to view.
Call Number:
813/.54
PS3563.A7223
Z63
1998
Publication Date:
1998
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Electronic Resources
Summary:
Places of Silence, Journeys of Freedom is the first study of Paule Marshall's work to focus explicitly on her contribution to feminism. It is also the first to identify one of her original contributions to narrative art - a technique of "superimposition" or "double exposure" through which her books have explored topics now at the heart of feminist debate
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JSTOR
Contents:
"The mother's voice" -- Losses and recognitions: allegorical realism in The chosen place, the timeless people -- Voice, spirit, materiality, and the road to freedom: third world feminism in Praisesong for the widow -- Daughters: conflations of discourse.