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Black Women Novelists and the Nationalist Aesthetic - by Madhu Dubey (Paperback)

Black Women Novelists and the Nationalist Aesthetic - by  Madhu Dubey (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>" --SignsDrawing upon Black feminist theory, Madhu Dubey shows how writers such as Morrison, Walker, and Jones challenged traditional models of Black female identity and generated their own visions of identity, community, and historical change.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A clear and uncluttered writer, Dubey helps us understand these ideological and literary complexities. --Virginia Quarterly Review</p><p> . . . an important contribution to the study of African-American women's fiction. Not only does it provide a compelling introductory account of the nationalist aesthetic, but it provides a detailed documentation of the way in which each of these novels was received in the critical climate of the seventies. --College Literature</p><p> . . . essential reading for anyone intrigued by the narrative craft and social impact of the novels of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Gayl Jones. --Claudia Tate</p><p>Dubey forcefully articulates the connection between political and personal mediation in these novels with subtlety, depth, and complexity and without obscuring their textuality. --Signs</p><p>Drawing upon Black feminist theory, Madhu Dubey shows how writers such as Morrison, Walker, and Jones challenged traditional models of Black female identity and generated their own visions of identity, community, and historical change.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>MADHU DUBEY is Assistant Professor in African American Literature at Northwestern University.</p>

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