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Scarring the Black bodyScarring the Black body

Scarring the Black body

Carol E. Henderson

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"Scarring and the act of scarring are recurrent images in African American literature. In Scarring the Black Body, Carol E. Henderson analyzes the cultural and historical implications of scarring in a number of African American texts that feature the trope of the scar, including works by Sherley Anne Williams, Toni Morrison, Ann Petry, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright."--BOOK JACKET.

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OL Work ID
OL5962969W

Subjects

African Americans in literatureWounds and injuries in literatureIntellectual lifeHistory and criticismAmerican literatureRace in literatureAfrican American authorsAfrican AmericansBody, Human, in literatureAmericanHuman body in literatureAuteurs noirs americainsCorps humain dans la litteratureGeneralSchrijversRassenongelijkheidLittekensNegers

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