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Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography compiled by Stefan Blaschke |
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Start: Topical Index: Representations: Literary Texts: 20th Century:
Representations: Literary Texts: »Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 - November 28, 1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid-20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence. Literary critics believe his work helped change race relations in the United States in the mid-20th century.« -- More information: Wikipedia Big Boy Leaves Homes (Story, 1938) »"Big Boy Leaves Home" is the story of Big Boy, a young black whose youthful excursion goes horribly wrong. Big Boy and his friends, Bobo, Lester, and Buck decide to go to the local swimming hole, which is owned by a white man who does not allow black people to swim there. Despite their initial reservations, they strip naked and proceed to play in the water. When a white woman comes upon the boys, they are unable to get their clothes back without being seen, and the woman panics, thinking she is being attacked. She calls for her husband Jim, who appears and shoots Lester and Buck, killing them. After a brief struggle between Big Boy and Jim, Big Boy takes control of the rifle and shoots Jim. Terrified, Big Boy and Bobo gather their clothes and flee the scene. The boys agree to run back to their homes apart, desperately trying to escape the imminent threat of lynching.« -- More information: Wikipedia Chronological Index: Modern History: 20th Century | Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | Types: General: Rape I. Author Index [Info] Jennings, La Vinia D. Sexual Violence in the Works of Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison. Ph.D. Thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989. II. Speaker Index - The Long Dream (Novel, 1958) Chronological Index: Modern History: 20th Century | Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | Types: General: Rape I. Author Index [Info] Jennings, La Vinia D. Sexual Violence in the Works of Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison. Ph.D. Thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989. II. Speaker Index - The Man Who Killed a Shadow Chronological Index: Modern History: 20th Century | Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | Types: General: Rape I. Author Index [Info] Jennings, La Vinia D. Sexual Violence in the Works of Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison. Ph.D. Thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989. II. Speaker Index - Native Son (Novel, 1940) »Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.« -- More information: Wikipedia Chronological Index: Modern History: 20th Century | Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | Types: General: Rape I. Author Index [Info] Chavers, Linda D.M. Violent Disruptions: Richard Wright and William Faulkner's Racial Imaginations. Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, 2013. [Info] Drake, Kimberly. »Rape and Resignation: Silencing the Victim in the Novels of Morrison and Wright.« Lit 6 (1995): 63-72. [Info] Jennings, La Vinia D. Sexual Violence in the Works of Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison. Ph.D. Thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989. [Info] Jones, Shermaine M. "Choking Down that Rage": Rage, Rape, Riot and the Gender Politics of Black Resistance. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Virginia, 2015. II. Speaker Index - |