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100 1 0 _aUllmo, Anne
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245 0 0 _aThe Good Negress by A. J. Verdelle, or The Religion of the Ordinary
260 _c2002.
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520 _aThe Good Negress (1996) stems from Black American novelist A.J. Verdelle's interest in the differences in how boys and girls are raised. This paper examines the author's handling of time and structure to foreground the symbolical significance of the heroine's daily routine as well as her struggle to acquire ?the language of the nation?. It shows how Verdelle contrives to juxtapose the heroine's religious observance of domestic rites and the expression of a hysteria inherited from slavery. By playing on the assonantic couple Taut/taught, A.J. Verdelle highlights the ontological dimension of a quest inseparable from the beats and syncopated rhythms of the black community's Gospel.
690 _aA.J. Verdelle
690 _aLanguage
690 _aRhythm
690 _aGender
690 _aGood Negress
786 0 _nRevue française d’études américaines | o 94 | 4 | 2002-12-01 | p. 100-105 | 0397-7870
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2002-4-page-100?lang=en
999 _c211752
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