Postwar American Fiction Challenging Segregation Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith

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Smith, Lillian. Strange Fruit (1948) is a major work of mid-20th-century American literature addressing interracial relationships and racial violence in the Jim Crow South, supporting research into Civil Rights-era precursors, antiracist writing, and gendered dimensions of segregation. First published in 1944 and widely censored in multiple U.S. cities, the novel engages directly with the legal and social prohibitions governing interracial intimacy. Smith, a white Southern writer, situates the narrative within a fictional Georgia town, using the relationship between a white man and a Black woman to expose the enforcement mechanisms of segregation and the consequences of violating racial boundaries. Smith, Lillian. Strange Fruit. New York: Penguin Signet Books, New American Library, 1948. First Signet paperback edition, March 1948. The novel follows the relationship between Nonnie Anderson, a Black woman, and Tracy Deen, a white man, depicting their interactions within a rigidly segregated society structured by racial hierarchy and surveillance. Scenes include domestic labor settings, public encounters governed by racial codes, and moments of private interaction marked by tension and risk. The text incorporates direct dialogue and interior monologue, with opening lines placing Nonnie "at the gate," a recurring spatial motif indicating restricted movement and social limitation. The title references the anti-lynching song popularized by Billie Holiday, aligning the narrative with contemporary cultural responses to racial violence. The cover illustration by James Meese presents a stylized painted scene, reinforcing the book's mass-market circulation and accessibility. One volume; 248 pages; 12mo; original illustrated wrappers. The publication history reflects postwar tensions surrounding race, censorship, and literary expression, with the book banned in cities including Boston and Detroit and subject to postal scrutiny. Issued in paperback format, this edition indicates the novel's transition into wider public readership during a period of increasing national attention to civil rights issues preceding the formal Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Creasing to spine with visible lean; front hinge tender; heavy toning and water staining to title and copyright pages, text legible; wrappers rubbed with minor chipping and light soiling; good overall. A widely circulated edition of a controversial antiracist novel that contributed to public discourse on race, sexuality, and social control in the United States.…

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Titre
Postwar American Fiction Challenging Segregation Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith
Auteur
Lillian Smith
Année de publication
1948
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Couverture souple
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African American History, Civil Rights, Literature & Literary Archives

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