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The Social Imperative: Race, Close Reading, and Contemporary Literary Criticism
Paula L. Moya
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Description for The Social Imperative: Race, Close Reading, and Contemporary Literary Criticism
Paperback. This book elaborates the social-psychological concept of schema while championing the literary critical practice of close reading to show how literature reflects, promotes, and contests pervasive sociocultural ideas like race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
In the context of the ongoing crisis in literary criticism, The Social Imperative reminds us that while literature will never by itself change the world, it remains a powerful tool and important actor in the ongoing struggle to imagine better ways to be human and free. Figuring the relationship between reader and text as a type of friendship, the book elaborates the social-psychological concept of schema to show that our multiple social contexts affect what we perceive and how we feel when we read. Championing and modeling a kind of close reading that attends to how literature reflects, promotes, and ... Read more
In the context of the ongoing crisis in literary criticism, The Social Imperative reminds us that while literature will never by itself change the world, it remains a powerful tool and important actor in the ongoing struggle to imagine better ways to be human and free. Figuring the relationship between reader and text as a type of friendship, the book elaborates the social-psychological concept of schema to show that our multiple social contexts affect what we perceive and how we feel when we read. Championing and modeling a kind of close reading that attends to how literature reflects, promotes, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
329g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804797023
SKU
V9780804797023
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About Paula L. Moya
Paula M. L. Moya is Professor of English and, by courtesy, of Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford University.
Reviews for The Social Imperative: Race, Close Reading, and Contemporary Literary Criticism
Moya's method illustrates her claim that contemporary African American and Latina/o literature rewards close reading within a social context....Moya restores sociality and emotion to the realm of close reading, even as the discipline of literary study has attempted to contrast such features with a rarefied universal aesthetic.
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