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Author Peterson, Nancy J.

Title Against amnesia : contemporary women writers and the crises of historical memory / Nancy J. Peterson.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2001]
©2001

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  810.992 P485A    Check Shelf
Description viii, 242 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Penn studies in contemporary American fiction
Penn studies in contemporary American fiction.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-233) and index.
Contents History as wound -- "Haunted America": Louise Erdrich and Native American history -- Toni Morrison and the desire for a "genuine Black history book" -- Remembering Holocaust history -- Joy Kogawa and the peculiar "logic" of internment.
Subject American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.
Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Klepfisz, Irena, 1941- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Erdrich, Louise -- Criticism and interpretation.
Morrison, Toni -- Criticism and interpretation.
Kogawa, Joy -- Criticism and interpretation.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Memory in literature.
Erdrich, Louise, 1954- -- Criticism and interpretation.
ISBN 0812235940 cloth alkaline paper
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