Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African American experience. Rejecting the prevailing sentimental stereotypes of her times, she portrayed her black characters with sympathy and understanding, endowing them with the full dimensions of human consciousness. In these novels and stories, she tapped the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture the conflicting realities in an African American community and to reveal a grace and courage worthy of black pride.
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Author:
Julia Peterkin
Paperback:
232 pages
Publisher:
University of Georgia Press
Publication Date:
February 01, 1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
0820319554
Product Length:
0.75 inches
Product Width:
0.52 inches
Product Height:
0.05 inches
Product Weight:
0.5 pounds
Package Length:
7.52 inches
Package Width:
5.18 inches
Package Height:
0.52 inches
Package Weight:
0.5 pounds
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Book--- Green Thursday Apr 09, 2011
By Donn The book is somewhat dark, but so was the life of the blacks depicted in the story. It gives a good feel for the day to day lives of poor black southerners in the South Carolina lowcountry, including their culture and their language.
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