Glass, Kathy L.,

Politics and affect in Black women's fiction /Kathy Glass. - Lanham : Lexington Books, (c)2017. - 1 online resource. - Philosophy of race .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Love-driven politics in Frances Harper's The Two offers -- Do unto others: de-racializing the golden rule in Julia Collins's The Curse of caste; or The Slave bride -- Nella Larsen's Spiritual strivings -- On Blackness and longing in Danzy Senna's Caucasia."

'This book offers original readings of classic and contemporary black texts, highlighting the pain of racism and love-based strategies of antiracist resistance. Kathy Glass gives sustained attention to the impact of racist affect on the black body and how black women writers deploy emotional states to move readers to progressive political action.



9781498538404

2017053210


Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911 --Political and social views.
Collins, Julia C., -1865 --Political and social views.
Larsen, Nella--Political and social views.
Senna, Danzy--Political and social views.


American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.
American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
Racism in literature.
Affect (Psychology) in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Literature and society--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

PS374 / .P655 2017