Activism and the American Novel: Religion and Resistance in Fiction by Women of Color
- Synopsis
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Since the 1980s, many activists and writers have turned from identity
politics toward ethnic religious traditions to rediscover and reinvigorate their historic role in
resistance to colonialism and oppression. In her examination of contemporary fiction by women of
color--including Toni Morrison, Ana Castillo, Toni Cade Bambara, Louise Erdrich, and Leslie
Marmon Silko--Channette Romero considers the way these novels newly engage with Vodun,
SanterĂa, CandomblĂ©, and American Indian traditions. Critical of a widespread
disengagement from civic participation and of the contemporary novel's disconnection from
politics, this fiction attempts to transform the novel and the practice of reading into a means of
political engagement and an inspiration for social change.
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780813933306
- Related ISBNs:
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9780813933283
- Publisher:
- University of Virginia Press
- Date of Addition:
- 05/07/13
- Copyrighted By:
- University of Virginia Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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Literature and Fiction,
Language Arts
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- Bookshare Staff
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