Worrying the line : black women writers, lineage, and literary tradition /
Cheryl A. Wall.
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2005.
- xii, 309 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Gender and American culture .
- Gender & American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-294) and index.
Prologue: I Looked Down the Line ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Reconstructing Lineage, Revising Tradition in Song of Solomon and Zami -- 3. On the Line to Dahomey: Charting Generations -- 4. Recollections of Kin: Beloved and The Black Book -- 5. Trouble in Mind: Blues and History in Corregidora -- 6. Writing beyond the Blues: The Color Purple -- 7. Extending the Line: From Sula to Mama Day -- 8. Bare Bones and Silken Threads: Lineage and Literary Tradition in Praisesong for the Widow -- 9. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens and Our Fathers' (Real) Estates: Alice Walker, Essayist -- Epilogue : Moving On Down the Line ...
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism. American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism. American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century Domestic fiction, American--History and criticism. American prose literature--History and criticism. African American women--Intellectual life. African American families in literature. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Genealogy in literature. Kinship in literature. Family in literature.