Navigating a blues landscape : The women of Brewster Place -- Burning down the master's house : Linden Hills -- Finding peace in the middle : Mama Day -- Mapping the new world order : Bailey's Café
Summary
The Fiction of Gloria Naylor is one of the very first critical studies of this acclaimed writer. Including an insightful interview with Naylor. and focusing on her first four novels, the book situates various acts of insurgency throughout her work within a larger framework of African American opposition to hegemonic authority. But what truly distinguishes this volume is its engagement with African American vernacular forms and twentieth-century political movements. In her provocative analysis, Maxine Lavon Montgomery argues that Naylor constantly attempts to reconfigure the home and homespace
