Imitation of life
(Book)
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Published
Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
ISBN
0822333244, 9780822333241
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Batavia Public Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC Hurst, Fannie | On Shelf |
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor | FICTION HURST | On Shelf |
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Published
Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xlv, 298 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0822333244, 9780822333241
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-298).
Description
"A bestseller in 1933, and subsequently adapted into two beloved and controversial films, Imitation of Life has played a vital role in ongoing conversations about race, femininity, and the American Dream. Bea Pullman, a white single mother, and her African American maid, Delilah Johnston, also a single mother, rear their daughters together and become business partners. Combining Bea’s business savvy with Delilah’s irresistible southern recipes, they build an Aunt Jemima-like waffle business and an international restaurant empire. Yet their public success brings them little happiness. Bea is torn between her responsibilities as a businesswoman and those of a mother; Delilah is devastated when her light-skinned daughter, Peola, moves away to pass as white. Imitation of Life struck a chord in the 1930s, and it continues to resonate powerfully today. The author of numerous bestselling novels, a masterful short story writer, and an outspoken social activist, Fannie Hurst was a major celebrity in the first half of the twentieth century. Daniel Itzkovitz’s introduction situates Imitation of Life in its literary, biographical, and cultural contexts, addressing such topics as the debates over the novel and films, the role of Hurst’s one-time secretary and great friend Zora Neale Hurston in the novel’s development, and the response to the novel by Hurst’s friend Langston Hughes, whose one-act satire, 'Limitations of Life' (which reverses the races of Bea and Delilah), played to a raucous Harlem crowd in the late 1930s. This edition brings a classic of popular American literature back into print." -- Amazon.com
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hurst, F. (2004). Imitation of life . Duke University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968. 2004. Imitation of Life. Durham: Duke University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968. Imitation of Life Durham: Duke University Press, 2004.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Hurst, F. (2004). Imitation of life. Durham: Duke University Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hurst, Fannie. Imitation of Life Duke University Press, 2004.
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