About Family. In this wise, beguiling, and beautiful novel set in the era of the Civil War, award-winning playwright and author J. California Cooper paints a haunting portrait of a woman named Always and four generations of her African-American family. About bltadwin.ru: · In her acclaimed novels and short stories, J. California Cooper portrays the lives of African Americans, bringing to light the impact of history, social and economic hardship, and enduring cultural strengths on the experiences of individuals and families. The questions, discussion topics, suggested reading list, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group's Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Published in , Family is the first novel written by the exceptional short story writer, J. California Cooper. This historical novel begins during the antebellum period when the narrator Clara, who is a slave woman, suffers a tragedy and dies/5.
Family by J. California Cooper. Publication date Topics African American women -- Fiction. Publisher Doubleday Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; china Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate Boxid IA Joan Cooper was born in and under the pen-name of J. California Cooper wrote seventeen plays, one of which, Strangers, earned her the accolade of Black Playwright of the Year in Cooper was blessed by the guidance and mentorship of Alice Walker who persuaded her to try her hand at writing short stories instead of plays. Complete summary of Joan California Cooper's Family. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Family.
In her acclaimed novels and short stories, J. California Cooper portrays the lives of African Americans, bringing to light the impact of history, social and economic hardship, and enduring cultural strengths on the experiences of individuals and families. The questions, discussion topics, suggested reading list, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group's discussion of her works, which range across time and place but share the passion, humor, and wisdom that mark J. Family, published in , is a neo-slave narrative written by American playwright and author J. California Cooper. It tells the story of multiple generations of African-American slaves from the point of view of the dead Clora, who killed herself and tried to kill her four children in order to escape slavery. Clora follows her four children around the world through the years, but keeps a special eye on Always, her favorite child. Family is a book about one woman's life as a slave and her family. The book begins with the capture of Africans and their removal to the United States. Clora's mother was a favorite of the slaveowner she called "Master of the Land" and she bore him a number of children, all of whom were sold at age 3 except for Clora.
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