Description
Book SynopsisWe need these fictions,Jones writes, to help us imagine our way out of the social structures and mind-sets that mythologize the past, fragment individuals, prejudge people, and divide communities.
Trade ReviewOne of the allures of this book is that readers will want to read all of the 42 works by the 38 men and women, black and white, from 1967 to 2001, discussed and so capably analyzed by Jones... Essential. Choice 2004 A generously informed commentary on recent fiction by writers well known and admired. -- Peggy Prenshaw Southern Literary Journal 2006 Highly readable. -- Victoria Ramirez American Literature 2006
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: Writing Race Relations Since the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 1. Lost Childhoods: Black and White and Misread All Over
Chapter 2. Dismantling Stereotypes: Feminist Connections, Womanist Corrections
Chapter 3. Refighting Old Wars: Race, Masculinity, and the Sense of an Ending
Chapter 4. Tabooed Romance: Love, Lies, and the Burden of Southern History
Chapter 5. Rethinking the One-Drop Rule: Race and Identity
Chapter 6. Still Separate After All These Years: Place and Community
Appendix: List of Fiction Discussed
Notes
Bibliography Essay
Index
