Between the Angle and the Curve
Mapping Gender, Race, Space, and Identity in Willa Cather and Toni Morrison
1st Edition
Published on 14. April 2006
240 pages
978-1-135-50811-1 (ISBN)
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.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-135-50811-1 (9781135508111)
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Between the Angle and the Curve
Mapping Gender, Race, Space, and Identity in Willa Cather and Toni Morrison
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Danielle Russell
Between the Angle and the Curve
Mapping Gender, Race, Space, and Identity in Willa Cather and Toni Morrison
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04/2006
1st Edition
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Content
Preface and Acknowledgments vii Chapter One Where Am I and How Did I Get Here?: The Connections between Space, Identity, and the Fiction of Willa Cather and Toni Morrison 1 Chapter Two Background Foregrounded: The Significance of Setting or "Don't Skip the Descriptive Bits" 27 Chapter Three Manoeuvring through the Maternal Landscape: Traditions, Tropes, and New Techniques 59 Chapter Four Home, Hearth, and Harpies: Discovering a Space of One's Own in the Domestic Sphere 103 Chapter Five "This Way to the Egress:" Exiting Thoughts on the Cartography of Connection.
