Tipping on a tight rope : divas in African American literature / Aisha Damali Lockridge.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:African-American literature and culture ; v. 19.
Main Author: Lockridge, Aisha Damali
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, [2012], ©2012.
Series:African-American literature and culture ; v. 19.
Subjects:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
African American women in literature.
Physical Description:x, 147 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Diva does not mean bitch without a cause
  • Helga Crane: failed transnational diva
  • Searching for the diva in Their eyes were watching God
  • The bottom's unrepentant diva
  • Revising Janie Crawford: divas under the male gaze
  • A canvas of her own: the diva in Liliane resurrection of the daughter
  • Conclusion: Divas beyond the Fin de siècle.