The fiction of Paule Marshall: reconstructions of history, culture, and gender

Introduction : anatomy of an aesthetic : the African cultural base

1. Challenging the American norm : the gendered sensibility in the Valley between

2. Beyond bildungsroman : constructions of gender and culture in Brown girl, brownstones

3. Cultural expansion and masculine subjectivity : Soul clap hands and sing

4. Maturation and multiplicity in consciousness : the short stories

5. Changing the present order : personal and political liberation in The chosen place, the timeless people

6. Recognition and recovery : diasporan connections in Praisesong for the widow

7. Transformation and re-creation of female identity in Daughters.