Wake Up Little SusieThe legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things through the sound of his lyre and voice. Over time, the Orphic theme has come to indicate the power of music to unsettle, subvert, and ultimately bring down oppressive realities in order to liberate the soul and expand human life without limits. The liberating effect of music has been a particularly important theme in twentieth-century African American literature. The nine original essays in Black Orpheus examines the Orphic theme in the fiction of such African American writers as Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, James Baldwin, Nathaniel Mackey, Sherley Anne Williams, Ann Petry, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones, and Toni Morrison. The authors discussed in this volume depict music as a mystical, shamanistic, and spiritual power that can miraculously transform the realities of the soul and of the world. Here, the musician uses his or her music as a weapon to shield and protect his or her spirituality. Written by scholars of English, music, women's studies, American studies, cultural theory, and black and Africana studies, the essays in this interdisciplinary collection ultimately explore the thematic, linguistic structural presence of music in twentieth-century African American fiction. |
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... institutional barriers , economic hardship , and social stigma . The nature , extent , and coercive power of those constraints depend upon the racial and class position of the woman . And abortion remains surprisingly difficult to ...
... institutions , from welfare to health care , bend to the politics of race . Wake Up Little Susie continues to offer insights that are as relevant at the turn of the new century as they were fifty years ago . The circumstances may have ...
... institution , most of my thanks go to my women friends and colleagues who have read all or parts of this book while ... institutional accommodations that the Women's xiv Preface.
Rickie Solinger. also appreciate very much the institutional accommodations that the Women's Studies Program at UC Boulder has provided me . Thanks also to the National Women's Studies Association and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton ...
... institutions and underwrite their daughter's care . She had , despite her unfortunate sexual misstep , the likely potential to become a wife and mother in the postcrisis phase of her life . And most important , she was in the process of ...
Contents
The Stick and the Carrot Public Meanings of Black and White Single Pregnancy in the PreRoe v Wade Era | 20 |
The Making of the Matriarchy The Persistence of Biological Explanations for Black Single Pregnancy | 41 |
The Girl Nobody Loved Psychological Explanations for White Single Pregnancy | 86 |
Behind the Fence Maternity Homes 194565 | 103 |
The Disposition of Illegitimate Babies I The Postwar White Adoption Mandate | 148 |
The Disposition of Illegitimate Babies II A Taxpayers Issue | 187 |
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Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe v. Wade Rickie Solinger Limited preview - 2013 |
Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe V. Wade Rickie Solinger Limited preview - 1992 |
Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe v. Wade Rickie Solinger Limited preview - 2013 |