Salome of the Tenements shocked many critics and writers when first published in 1923, but its author was immediately hailed as a major new talent. A love story of a working-class Salome and her highborn John the Baptist, the novel is based on the real-life story of Jewish immigrant Rose Pastor's fairytale romance with the millionaire socialist Graham Stokes. It also reflects Yezierska's own aborted romance with the famous educator John Dewey. Yezierska's passionate but cynical novel poses oppositions such as cultural type/stereotype, passion/reason, and ethnic identity/assimilation, and it...
Salome of the Tenements shocked many critics and writers when first published in 1923, but its author was immediately hailed as a major new talent. A ...
"Wilentz... makes convincing arguments for the connections between African and Afro-American women's culture." --Nellie McKay
"Wilentz's jargon-free, intelligent discussion... will appeal to students in African, African American, and women's literature courses, as well as general readers interested in the emerging field." --Choice
"Through these works, Wilentz demonstrates the powerful transformation possible through understanding--and embracing--the past, even if that past includes oppression and brutalization." --Belles Lettres
Binding Cultures investigates the cultural...
"Wilentz... makes convincing arguments for the connections between African and Afro-American women's culture." --Nellie McKay
Exploring the relationship between culture and health, this text provides readings of the works of five women writers, tracing their common structure of a main character moving from a state of mental or physical disease toward wellness through reconnection with her cultural traditions.
Exploring the relationship between culture and health, this text provides readings of the works of five women writers, tracing their common structure ...
