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2. Deposing the man of the house: Terry McMillan rewrites the family

Author

Ellerby, Janet Mason

Subjects
Family -- Social aspects -- Portrayals, African American women authors -- Criticism and interpretation -- Social aspects, African American authors -- Social aspects, American fiction -- Social aspects, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Literature/writing, Criticism and interpretation, Social aspects, Portrayals
Abstract

In Terry McMillan's first novel, Mama, Mildred's husband is holding fiercely to his notion of being the 'man of the house' within the nuclear family: Crook...found his thick brown leather [...]

Published
1997

5. 'Blackin' up is us doin' white folks doin' us': Blackface minstrelsy and racial performance in contemporary American fiction and film

Author

Nowatzki, Robert

Subjects
American fiction -- Social aspects, American fiction -- Analysis, Racism -- Social aspects, Absurd (Philosophy) -- Social aspects, Literature/writing
Abstract

The use of blackface minstrelsy in contemporary American fiction and film to emphasize the absurdity of destructive behaviors based on unstable, constructed racial divides is presented.

Published
2007

6. Gambling against the House: Anglo and Indian Perspectives on Gambling in American Literature

Author

PASQUARETTA, PAUL

Subjects
The House of Mirth (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, Cogewea, the Half Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, Gambling -- Portrayals -- Social aspects, American fiction -- Social aspects, Literature/writing
Abstract

Arguing that the controversy over reservation gambling reflects unresolved tensions involving Indian relations and the social role of gambling in American culture, this essay analyzes gambling in two early-twentieth-century novels, [...]

Published
2001

8. Democracy and the novel

Author

Webster, Harvey Curtis

Subjects
Democracy And The Novel (Book) -- Book reviews, Books, Literature and society -- History, American fiction -- Social aspects
Published
1979

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