

An edition of Scarring the Black body (2002)
race and representation in African American literature
By Carol E. Henderson
Publish Date
2002
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Language
eng
Pages
184
Description:
"Scarring and the act of scarring are recurrent images in African American literature. In Scarring the Black Body, Carol E. Henderson analyzes the cultural and historical implications of scarring in a number of African American texts that feature the trope of the scar, including works by Sherley Anne Williams, Toni Morrison, Ann Petry, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright."--BOOK JACKET.
subjects: African Americans in literature, Wounds and injuries in literature, Intellectual life, History and criticism, American literature, Race in literature, African American authors, African Americans, Body, Human, in literature, American, Human body in literature, Auteurs noirs americains, Corps humain dans la litterature, General, Schrijvers, Rassenongelijkheid, Littekens, Negers, Histoire et critique, Litterature americaine, Lesions et blessures dans la litterature, LITERARY CRITICISM, Race dans la litterature, Noirs americains dans la litterature, Corps humain dans la littérature, Rassenbeziehung, Auteurs noirs américains, Literatur, Lésions et blessures dans la littérature, Race dans la littérature, Noirs américains dans la littérature, Littérature américaine