On the Search for a Tripartite Identity: Paule Marshall’s Upward Mobility Narrative in Praisesong for the Widow

Paule Marshall’s Praisesong for the Widow (1983) follows the post-Civil Rights Movement, African American literary trend of presenting methods of black characters resisting white supremacy through an embrace of black culture and black life. It is through Marshall’s main character, Avey, that readers...

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Main Author: Courtney Walton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAES 2025-04-01
Series:Angles
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/angles/8627
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