Scarlet Sister Mary (Brown Thrasher Books)
サウスカロライナのガラ人コミュニティを舞台に、女性の欲望、信仰、共同体の規範がせめぎ合う長編。主人公メアリーが自分の生を選び取ろうとする過程を通して、南部社会の複雑な緊張が描かれる。
作品情報
共同体の規範に抗いながら、一人の女性の生が輪郭を持つ。
恋愛と敬虔さ、自由と非難が交差するなかで、Mary の選択が共同体全体に波紋を広げる。地域文化を丁寧に描きながら、個人の欲望と社会的制裁の関係を掘り下げる。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Univ of Georgia Pr
- 発売日
- 1998-10-01
- ページ数
- 376ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 13.02 x 2.39 x 19.05 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780820323770
- ISBN-10
- 0820323772
- 価格
- 7337 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/United States/Black & African American
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.
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 <i>Roll, Jordan, Roll</i>. She was the first South Carolinian to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
レビュー
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I always like to read books that have been banned
I heard about this book just within the last month. It received Pulitzer Price in 1928. It was also banned in a couple of states. I always like to read books that have been banned, to see if I can figure out why it was banned. A quote from the book. "Christians often turned right into wrong, justice into injustice. Denied some of the plainest, simplest facts of life. Thought they could run God's business. Sometimes they were right not always. No body is always right. No body always knows what right is. The wisest people in the world are ignorant at times. The most free-handed have to be stingy sometimes and the kindest mean.".
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Too good to be so forgotten
shThe writing of Julia peterkin is excellent. These books wiil actually feel somewhat sociological studies. many current things can be seen in the begginnings of them Very good, but too unknown.ould be more known
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Missing chapters
This publication is missing the last 11 chapters. Fortunately I was able to get a hard copy from the library
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“Scarlet Sister Mary” Julia Peterkin, 1928
The edition that I read (1998) has a lengthy foreword by A. J. Verdelle that makes considerably more of the book than exists. This is the story of a promiscuous black woman that lived somewhere around 1900. Scarlet Mary had nine children by nine different men but she was a very good mother that loved and cared for her children. Peterkin’s free flowing writing style makes this little book a quick read; perhaps it’s only quality. I didn’t care for the book as any historical value that the book may have had did not ring true when compared with other works that might be considered of the same genre. I don’t feel that the book taught me anything. Two stars. Not recommended.
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wonderful tale, with no finale
Warning: You’ll love the story, but the ending, if it can be called that, will leave you “high and dry”!
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