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- Title
Towards an Aesthetic of Transgression: Ann Allen Shockley's "Loving Her" and the Politics of Same-Gender Loving.
- Authors
Melancon, Trimiko C.
- Abstract
Presents literary criticism for the 1974 African American novel "Loving Her" by Ann Allen Shockley, providing an in-depth examination of its depiction, themes and implications on sexuality. Primary discussion focuses on the two identity labels of the main character as a black woman and as a lesbian. The author highlights the ways in which Shockley's narrative blurs the boundaries between typical polemic sexual and racial categories.
- Subjects
ESSAYS; LOVING Her (Book); SHOCKLEY, Ann Allen; LESBIAN fiction; AFRICAN American lesbians; SEXUAL orientation in literature; RACIAL identity of African Americans; IDENTITY (Psychology)
- Publication
African American Review, 2008, Vol 42, Issue 3/4, p643
- ISSN
1062-4783
- Publication type
Literary Criticism