Rethinking Realism in Ann Petry’s The Street

Hicks discusses a passage from Ann Petry's "The Street" that depicts Petry's own project of exposing the complexities of Harlem life to public scrutiny. Petry's novel does in fact question its own practices of surveillance.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Melus 2002-12, Vol.27 (4), p.89-105
1. Verfasser:	Hicks, Heather J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African American authors African American culture African American literature African Americans American literature Cots Criticism and interpretation Literary criticism Literary naturalism Novels Petry, Ann Petry, Ann (1908-1997) Police services Portrayals Race relations Racism Realism in literature Seltzer Surveillance Tenants
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Zusammenfassung:	Hicks discusses a passage from Ann Petry's "The Street" that depicts Petry's own project of exposing the complexities of Harlem life to public scrutiny. Petry's novel does in fact question its own practices of surveillance.
ISSN:	0163-755X 1946-3170
DOI:	10.2307/3250621