Geography and the Political Imaginary in the Novels of Toni Morrison (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book examines Toni Morrison's fiction as a sustained effort to challenge the dominant narratives produced in the white supremacist political imaginary and conceptualize a more inclusive political imaginary in which black bodies are valued. Herman Beavers closely examines politics of scale and contentious politics in order to discern Morrison's larger intent of revealing the deep structure of power relations in black communities that will enable them to fashion counterhegemonic projects. The volume explores how Morrison stages her ruminations on the political imaginary in neighborhoods or small towns; rooms, houses or streets. Beavers argues that these spatial and domestic geographies are sites where the management of traumatic injury is integral to establishing a sense of place, proposing these "tight spaces" as sites where narratives are produced and contested; sites of inscription and erasure, utterance and silence.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies
Release date:	February 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Herman Beavers
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	253
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-65998-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-65998-7
Barcode:	9783319659985

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