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Worrying the Line : Black Women Writers, Lineage, and Literary Tradition (Gender and American Culture)
Worrying the Line Black Women Writers Lineage and Literary Tradition - Gender and American Culture
Author: Cheryl A. Wall
In blues music, "worrying the line" is the technique of breaking up a phrase by changing pitch, adding a shout, or repeating words in order to emphasize, clarify, or subvert a moment in a song. Cheryl A. Wall applies this term to fiction and nonfiction writing by African American women in the twentieth century, demonstrating how these writers br...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807829271
ISBN-10: 0807829277
Publication Date: 2/28/2005
Pages: 288
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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