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Scarlet Sister Mary - (Brown Thrasher Books) by Julia Peterkin (Paperback)
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- Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African American experience.
- About the Author: JULIA PETERKIN (1880-1961) was the author of three novels, a collection of short stories, and, with photographer Doris Ulmann, a nonfiction collection of essays entitled Roll, Jordan, Roll.
- 376 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
- Series Name: Brown Thrasher Books
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Peterkin's novel taps into the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture the conflicting realities in an African American community and to reveal a grace and courage worthy of black pride.Book Synopsis
Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African American experience. Rejecting the prevailing sentimental stereotypes of her times, she portrayed her black characters with sympathy and understanding, endowing them with the full dimensions of human consciousness. In these novels and stories, she tapped the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture the conflicting realities in an African American community and to reveal a grace and courage worthy of black pride.Review Quotes
[Peterkin] pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African-American experience.
--Charles Joyner "Coastal Carolina University"Peterkin is a southern white woman, but she has the eye and the ear to see beauty and know truth.
--W. E. B. Du BoisAbout the Author
JULIA PETERKIN (1880-1961) was the author of three novels, a collection of short stories, and, with photographer Doris Ulmann, a nonfiction collection of essays entitled Roll, Jordan, Roll. She was the first South Carolinian to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize.Additional product information and recommendations
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