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Smith, Lillian

 
9780807820957: How Am I to Be Heard?: Letters of Lillian Smith
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ISBN 10 : 0807820954 ISBN 13 : 9780807820957
Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 1993

Synopsis

This compelling volume offers the first full portrait of the life and work of writer Lillian Smith (1897-1966), the foremost southern white liberal of the mid-twentieth century. Smith devoted her life to lifting the veil of southern self-deception about race, class, gender, and sexuality. Her books, essays, and especially her letters explored the ways in which the South's attitudes and institutions perpetuated a dehumanizing experience for all its people--white and black, male and female, rich and poor. Her best-known books are Strange Fruit (1944), a bestselling interracial love story that brought her international acclaim; and Killers of the Dream (1949), an autobiographical critique of southern race relations that angered many southerners, including powerful moderates. Subsequently, Smith was effectively silenced as a writer. Rose Gladney has selected 145 of Smith's 1500 extant letters for this volume. Arranged chronologically and annotated, they present a complete picture of Smith as a committed artist and reveal the burden of her struggles as a woman, including her lesbian relationship with Paula Snelling. Gladney argues that this triple isolation--as woman, lesbian, and artist--from mainstream southern culture permitted Smith to see and to expose southern prejudices with absolute clarity.

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À propos de l'auteur

Margaret Rose Gladney is associate professor of American studies at the University of Alabama.

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Éditeur
The University of North Carolina Press
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0807820954
ISBN 13 
9780807820957
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
406
Éditeur
Gladney Margaret Rose
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

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