Bright Skin by Julia Peterkin
Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African American experience. Rejecting the prevailing sentimental stereotypes of her times, she portrayed her black characters with sympathy and understanding, endowing them with the full dimensions of human consciousness. In these novels and stories, she tapped the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture the conflicting realities in an African American community and to reveal a grace and courage worthy of black pride.Bright Skin is an attractively written story. . sympathetic and unsensational in style.
JULIA PETERKIN (1880–1961) was the author of three novels, a collection of short stories, and, with photographer Doris Ulmann, a nonfiction collection of essays entitled Roll, Jordan, Roll. She was the first South Carolinian to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780820319544 |
| ISBN 10 | 0820319546 |
| Title | Bright Skin |
| Author | Julia Peterkin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
| Year published | 1998-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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