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The utopian aesthetics of three African American women (Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Julie Dash) : the principle of hope

Title
  1. The utopian aesthetics of three African American women (Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Julie Dash) : the principle of hope / Heike Raphael-Hernandez ; with a preface by Dieter Schulz.
Published by
  1. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2008.
Author
  1. Raphael-Hernandez, Heike.

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Description
  1. viii, 173 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
  2. Morrison, Toni > Aesthetics
  3. Hope in literature
  4. American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
  5. Aesthetics in literature
  6. Naylor, Gloria > Aesthetics
  7. Dash, Julie > Aesthetics
Contents
  1. Introduction : dreaming for empowerment -- The construction of a concrete utopian aesthetic : concrete utopian thoughts in Ernst Bloch's The principle of hope -- A farewell to a ghost : Toni Morrison's Beloved -- The creation of a messiah : Gloria Naylor's Bailey's Café -- A revival of ancestral hope : Julie Dash's Daughters of the dust -- Healing communities : Ernst Bloch and contemporary African American women writers.
Call number
  1. Sc E 10-631
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-170) and index.
Author
  1. Raphael-Hernandez, Heike.
Title
  1. The utopian aesthetics of three African American women (Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Julie Dash) : the principle of hope / Heike Raphael-Hernandez ; with a preface by Dieter Schulz.
Imprint
  1. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2008.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-170) and index.
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  1. Table of contents only
LCCN
  1. 2008040671
ISBN
  1. 9780773449367
  2. 0773449361
Research call number
  1. Sc E 10-631
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