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The Utopian Aesthetics of Three African American Women (Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Julie Dash)

The Principle of Hope

The Utopian Aesthetics of Three African American Women (Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Julie Dash)( )
Author: Raphael-Hernandez, Heike
ISBN:978-0-7734-4936-7
Publication Date:Dec 2008
Publisher:Edwin Mellen Press, The
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $99.95
Book Description:

This work offers a connection between the concrete utopian theory of hope by the Gennan Jewish philosopher Ernst Bloch and the literary productions of contemporary African American women writers. The study argues that these literary texts should be read as concrete utopias outlined in Bloch's major work The Principle ofHope. Bloch argues that when people become consciously aware of the dialectical tendencies in concrete utopias will they recognize the possibilities first for their own...
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