{"product_id":"advancing-sisterhood-sharon-monteith-9780820322490","title":"Advancing Sisterhood?: Interracial Friendships in Contemporary Southern Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough black and white women have long been associated with the heart of southern culture, their relationships with each other in the context of contemporary southern fiction have been largely glossed over until now. In \u003ci\u003eAdvancing Sisterhood?\u003c\/i\u003e Sharon Monteith offers an enlightening map of this new literary ground. Beginning with an overview of the theory and literary incarnations of friendship, \u003ci\u003eAdvancing Sisterhood?\u003c\/i\u003e examines how prevalent specific relationships between black and white women have become in the works of Ellen Douglas, Kaye Gibbons, Connie Mae Fowler, Lane von Herzen, Ellen Gilchrist, Carol Dawson, and others. Monteith explains that interracial friendships have become an alluring topic for white women writers. She also examines these friendships in relation to the ways black women writers and critics have pictured black and white girls and women in the South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdvancing Sisterhood?\u003c\/i\u003e explores childhood female relationships in such works as \u003ci\u003eEllen Foster\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBefore Women Had Wings\u003c\/i\u003e and considers recent ecocriticism and its role in charting the female southern landscape. Monteith also provides an in-depth examination of the archetypal friendship between white housewives and their black servants. Through these discussions, \u003ci\u003eAdvancing Sisterhood?\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how contemporary white women writers have broadened their work to include friendships between women of diverse backgrounds and to influence literary expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharon Monteith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820322490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820322490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.34w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2001 pg. 1962","brand":"Sharon Monteith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059865055487,"sku":"9780820322490","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b7d1b43-512d-4f47-a82a-d8f9c0f3cad8.jpg?v=1685060771","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/advancing-sisterhood-sharon-monteith-9780820322490","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}