@article{438225, recid = {438225}, author = {Montgomery, Maxine Lavon,}, title = {The fiction of Gloria Naylor houses and spaces of resistance / [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {University of Tennessee Press,}, address = {Knoxville :}, pages = {1 online resource (xxi, 115 p.)}, year = {2010}, abstract = {The Fiction of Gloria Naylor is one of the very first critical studies of this acclaimed writer. Including an insightful interview with Naylor. and focusing on her first four novels, the book situates various acts of insurgency throughout her work within a larger framework of African American opposition to hegemonic authority. But what truly distinguishes this volume is its engagement with African American vernacular forms and twentieth-century political movements. In her provocative analysis, Maxine Lavon Montgomery argues that Naylor constantly attempts to reconfigure the home and homespace.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/438225}, }