RACE, GENDER, AND SPACE: LOUISE MERIWETHER'S HARLEM IN "DADDY WAS A NUMBER RUNNER"

"Daddy Was a Number Runner" has been somewhat neglected by literary critics and certainly deserves more attention. The interest of the novel is unquestionably in its historical substance, in Louise Meriwether's artful rendering of the black urban experience in the 1930s.

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Published in:CLA journal 2001-09, Vol.45 (1), p.26-40
Main Author: Duboin, Corinne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Architecture
Black history
Cities
Coffins
Ghettos
Literary criticism
Men
Meriwether, Louise
Mothers
Neighborhoods
Novels
Roofs
Setting
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Summary:"Daddy Was a Number Runner" has been somewhat neglected by literary critics and certainly deserves more attention. The interest of the novel is unquestionably in its historical substance, in Louise Meriwether's artful rendering of the black urban experience in the 1930s.
ISSN:0007-8549
2766-0265