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010 2015014670
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100 1 Romagnolo, Catherine,|eauthor.
245 10 Opening acts :|bnarrative beginnings in twentieth-century
feminist fiction /|cCatherine Romagnolo.
264 1 Lincoln :|bUniversity of Nebraska Press,|c[2015]
300 xxxi, 155 pages ;|c24 cm.
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent.
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia.
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier.
490 1 Frontiers of narrative.
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 "In the beginning there was. the beginning. And with the
beginning came the power to tell a story. Few book-length
studies of narrative beginnings exist, and not one takes a
feminist perspective. Opening Acts reveals the important
role of beginnings as moments of discursive authority with
power and agency that have been appropriated by writers
from historically marginalized groups. Catherine Romagnolo
argues for a critical awareness of how social identity
plays a role in the strategic use and critical
interpretation of narrative beginnings.The twentieth-
century U.S. women writers whom Romagnolo studies--Edith
Wharton, H.D., Toni Morrison, Julia Alvarez, and Amy Tan--
have seized the power to disrupt conventional structures
of authority and undermine historical master narratives of
marriage, motherhood, U.S. nationhood, race, and
citizenship. Using six of their novels as points of entry,
Romagnolo illuminates the ways in which beginnings are
potentially subversive, thereby disrupting the
reinscription of hierarchically gendered and racialized
conceptions of authorship and agency"--|cProvided by
publisher.
520 "Examination of the ways twentieth-century novels deployed
formal beginnings to challenge and destabilize the
masculine and racialized authorities of traditional
narrative beginnings, using six novels as case studies"--
|cProvided by publisher.
650 0 American fiction|xWomen authors|xHistory and criticism.
650 0 American fiction|y20th century|xHistory and criticism.
650 0 Feminism in literature.
650 0 Narration (Rhetoric)
650 0 Women and literature|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th
century.
653 Ngọc test
830 0 Frontiers of narrative.
907 .b76518127|b04-12-16|c09-29-15
910 RDA ENRICHED
910 ybp
910 Backstage
910 TOC
910 Hathi Trust report SPM
910 BROWNu
953 Việt Nam|b1940
970 01 |tAcknowledgments|pix
970 01 |tIntroduction|pxiii
970 11 |l1.|tNo Place for Her Individual Adventure: Motherhood,
Marriage, and New Beginnings in Summer|p1
970 11 |l2.|tWaves of Beginnings: The Ebb of Heterosexual Romance
in Paint It Today|p23
970 11 |l3.|tMoving in Lofty Spirals: Circularity and Narrative
Beginnings in The Bluest Eye|p41
970 11 |l4.|tCircling the History of Slavery: Multilayered
Beginnings in Beloved|p59
970 11 |l5.|tSwan Feathers and Coca-Cola: Authenticity and
Origins in The Joy Luck Club|p80
970 11 |l6.|tBordering Yolanda Garcia: Recessive Origins in How
the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents|p101
970 01 |tConclusion|p121
970 01 |tNotes|p127
970 01 |tBibliography|p139
970 01 |tIndex|p149
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