The Coupling Convention: Sex, Text, and Tradition in Black Women's Fiction

by Ann DuCille

Book Overview

Spanning the period 1853 to 1948, this study explores the nascence of literary activity among American black women and goes on to investigate the cultural climate which led some of the most prominent to use the marriage convention as a means of exploring questions of sexuality and relationships.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195079728
• ISBN13: 9780195079722
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"