| Between the Angle and the Curve: Mapping Gender, Race, Space, and Identity in Willa Cather and Toni Morrison Contributor(s): Russell, Danielle (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415976960 ISBN-13: 9780415976961 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) |
| Dewey: 813.509 |
| LCCN: 2006009573 |
| Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.3" W x 9.08" (0.97 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this study, Russell explores the ways in which Willa Cather and Toni Morrison subvert the textual expectations of gendered geography and push against the boundaries of the official canon. As Russell demonstrates, the unique depictions Cather and Morrison create of the American landscape challenge existing assertions about American fiction. Specifically, Russell argues that looking at the intimate connections between space, gender, race, and identity as they play out in the fiction of Cather and Morrison refutes the myth of a unified American landscape and thus opens up the territory of American fiction. |