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The coupling convention : sex, text, and tradition in Black women's fiction
Title:
The coupling convention : sex, text, and tradition in Black women's fiction
JLCTITLE245:
Ann duCille.
Personal Author:
DuCille, Ann.
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Physical Description:
ix, 204 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780195079722

9780195085099
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-193) and index.
Subject Term:
American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.

American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.

Feminism and literature -- United States -- History.

Feminist fiction, American -- History and criticism.

African American women -- Intellectual life.

Women and literature -- United States.

Man-woman relationships in literature.

African American women in literature.

Marriage in literature.

Love in literature.

Sex in literature.
Restrictions on Access:
Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users.
Contents:
Conventional criticism and unconventional Black literature -- The coupling convention: novel views of love and marriage -- Literary passionlessness and the Black woman question in the 1890s -- Women, men, and marriage in the ideal estate -- Blues notes on Black sexuality: sex and the texts of the Twenties and Thirties -- The bourgeois, wedding bell blues of Jessie Fauset and Nella Larsen -- Stoning the romance: passion, patriarchy, and the modern marriage plot -- Conclusion: marriage, tradition, and the individualized talent.
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