{"product_id":"after-the-pain-carlyle-v-thompson-9780820478388","title":"After the Pain: Critical Essays on Gayl Jones","description":"As a poet, playwright, novelist, short-story writer, and critic, Gayl Jones has always resisted labels in her quest to find a liberating voice for black women and herself. With a poet's lyricism and a musician's ear for rhythm, she continually seeks new ways to confront the barriers, traumas, insecurities, and prejudices oppressing black women, and, by extension, all women. \u003ci\u003eAfter the Pain: Critical Essays on Gayl Jones\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive collection of essays dedicated solely to the exploration of Jones's work. Ranging from analyses of her use of language and music to reevaluations of her representation of sexuality and gender roles to examinations of the oft-overlooked connections between Latin America and African Americans, each of these essays investigates Jones's desire to continually complicate the process of identity formation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlyle V. Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820478385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820478388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2006 pg. 316","brand":"Carlyle V. Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153121063167,"sku":"9780820478388","price":42.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aacb6e53-b699-49ec-abb9-e71b5ef207f3.jpg?v=1770781427","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-the-pain-carlyle-v-thompson-9780820478388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}