Ev'ry Shut Eye Ain' Sleep: A Critical Race Awakening of Flannery O'Connor's Artificial and Converged Characters in Crisis.

The author examines author Flannery O'Connor's notions of family in relation to critical race theory through her characters in her literary works and personal correspondence. Topics discussed include O'Conner's works as grounds for scholars in their studies of identity, race and class, author Alice...

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Publicado en:	Women's Studies Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 435 - 457
Autor principal:	West, Patricia Ann
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2022
Materias:	Families in literature Critical race theory O'Connor, Flannery, 1925-1964 Literary characters Walker, Alice, 1944-
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Sumario:	The author examines author Flannery O'Connor's notions of family in relation to critical race theory through her characters in her literary works and personal correspondence. Topics discussed include O'Conner's works as grounds for scholars in their studies of identity, race and class, author Alice Walker's discussion on engaging O'Connor's text as an African American womanist reader, and author Angela Alaimo O'Donnell's analysis of race and Whiteness in O'Connor's works.