TY - BOOK AU - Denniston,Dorothy Hamer TI - The fiction of Paule Marshall: reconstructions of history, culture, and gender SN - 0870498398 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - PS3563.A7223 Z64 1995 U1 - 813/.54 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Knoxville PB - University of Tennessee Press KW - Marshall, Paule, KW - Marshall, Paule KW - Women and literature KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - African Americans in literature KW - Sex role in literature KW - Women in literature KW - Negers KW - gtt KW - Letterkunde KW - Roman KW - swd KW - Caribbean Area KW - In literature KW - Africa N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-184) and index; Introduction : anatomy of an aesthetic : the African cultural base -- 1. Challenging the American norm : the gendered sensibility in the Valley between -- 2. Beyond bildungsroman : constructions of gender and culture in Brown girl, brownstones -- 3. Cultural expansion and masculine subjectivity : Soul clap hands and sing -- 4. Maturation and multiplicity in consciousness : the short stories -- 5. Changing the present order : personal and political liberation in The chosen place, the timeless people -- 6. Recognition and recovery : diasporan connections in Praisesong for the widow -- 7. Transformation and re-creation of female identity in Daughters UR - http://www.archive.org/details/fictionofpaulema00denn UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1094324M ER -