LEADER 00000cam 2200433 i 4500 001 sky235681765 003 SKY 005 20170907072113.0 008 051005r20061959nyu e 000 1 eng 010 2005029191 020 9781558614987 (pbk.) 020 1558614982 (pbk.) 035 (OCoLC)ocm61879700 035 (OCoLC)61879700 040 DLC|cDLC|dYDXCP|dBAKER|dVP@|dOCLCQ|dBTCTA|dMBB|dDLC|dSKYRV |erda|dUtOrBLW 043 n-us-ny 082 00 813/.54|222 092 |fF|aMARSHALL 100 1 Marshall, Paule,|d1929- 245 10 Brown girl, brownstones /|cPaule Marshall ; with a foreword by Edwidge Danticat ; afterword by Mary Helen Washington. 250 Second Feminist Press edition. 264 1 New York :|bFeminist Press at the City University of New York,|c2006. 264 4 |c©1959 300 xii, 319 pages ;|c22 cm. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 490 1 Contemporary classics by women 500 Originally published: New York : Random House, 1959. 520 "Now including a new foreword by the prolific Haitian author Edwidge Danticat, Brown Girl, Brownstones is the work of one of America's finest contemporary black women writers. Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, it chronicles the efforts of Barbadian immigrants to surmount poverty and racism and to make their new country home. Selina Boyce, the novel's memorable heroine, is conflicted by the opposing aspirations of her parents: her hardworking, ambitious mother longs to buy a brownstone row house while her easygoing father prefers to dream of effortless success and his native island's lushness. Eventually, in this coming-of-age story, Selina must forge her own identity, sexuality, and sense of values in her new country and reconcile group tradition with individual potential. The new foreword written by highly acclaimed author Danticat examines Selina's passionate quest for wholeness of identity: "When dreams collide rather than merge, forcing both family members and the community to take sides until one type of dreamer is applauded and the other shunned ... a showdown is imminent." With themes of multi-ethnic racism, immigration, loyalty, and loss at the forefront, this powerful and poetic exploration is as relevant today as it was in its debut."--Publisher's website. 650 0 West Indian Americans|vFiction. 650 0 Young women|vFiction. 650 0 Domestic fiction. 650 0 Feminist fiction. 651 0 New York (N.Y.)|vFiction. 655 7 Bildungsromans.|2gsafd 830 0 Contemporary classics by women series.
|