Southscapes : geographies of race, region, & literature / Thadious M. Davis.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Thadious M., 1944-
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011], ©2011.
Series:New directions in southern studies.
Subjects:
American literature > African American authors.
American literature > Southern States.
Geographical perception in literature.
African Americans > Race identity.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Physical Description:458 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction. A map of the territory
  • Southscapes : race, region, and reclamation
  • Poverty and porches: controversial Mississippi
  • Power and profession : Richard Wright's Mississippi and its expatriate legacies
  • Politics and paysans : multicultural Louisiana and the space of the Crolit
  • Parishes and prisons : Ernest Gaines's Louisiana and its North Carolina kin space
  • Alice Walker matters : the fruits of gendered space.