A Human Necklace: The African Diaspora and Paule Marshall's Fiction

Author:   Moira Ferguson
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
ISBN:  

9781438444192


Pages:   183
Publication Date:   01 December 2013
Format:   Hardback
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A Human Necklace: The African Diaspora and Paule Marshall's Fiction


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Argues that Paule Marshall's work collectively constitutes a multigenerational saga of the African diaspora across centuries and continents.

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Author:   Moira Ferguson
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9781438444192


ISBN 10:   1438444192
Pages:   183
Publication Date:   01 December 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Wanting Brownstones; Why Brooklyn? 3. Soul Clap Hands and Sing: Sadness, Resistance, Redemption 4. A ""Nation of Diabetics"" meets Empire 5. Water and Nomenclature: Praisesong for the Widow 6. Paule Marshall's Daughter's: Wars of Independence 7. The Fisher King: New Beginnings and a Culmination Notes Bibliography Index"

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In sophisticated yet accessible discussions, Ferguson places Marshall's work in a variety of contexts that are at the center of diasporic and postcolonial studies. By producing this comprehensive examination of Marshall's fiction, she captures the way in which Marshall not only writes about diasporic experiences but, through the interconnected themes of her novels, is crafting a diasporic saga on the subject. - Sharon M. Harris, author of Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical, 1832-1919


In sophisticated yet accessible discussions, Ferguson places Marshall s work in a variety of contexts that are at the center of diasporic and postcolonial studies. By producing this comprehensive examination of Marshall s fiction, she captures the way in which Marshall not only writes about diasporic experiences but, through the interconnected themes of her novels, is crafting a diasporic saga on the subject. Sharon M. Harris, author of Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical, 1832 1919


Author Information

Moira Ferguson is Professor of English at New York University in London. Her books include Eighteenth-Century Women Poets: Nation, Class, and Gender, also published by SUNY Press, and Subject to Others: British Women Writers and Colonial Slavery, 1670-1834.

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