Risking Difference: Identification, Race, and Community in Contemporary Fiction and Feminism

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Risking Difference SUNY series in Psychoanalysis and Culture Henry Sussman, editor and SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory Michelle A. Massé, editor Risking Difference Identification, Race, and Community in Contemporary Fiction and Feminism Jean Wyatt State University of New York Press Cover art: Paul Klee, Two Heads, 1932, 332 (A12), 81 x 85 cm, Öelfarbe und Bleistift auf Leinwand auf Keilrahmen, originale Rahmenleisten. Norton Simon Museum, the Blue Four Galka Sheyer Collection, 1953. © 2004 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Published by State University of New York Press© 2004 State University of New York Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, NY 12207 Production by Judith Block Marketing by Anne Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wyatt, Jean. Risking difference : identification, race, and community in contemporary fiction and feminism / Jean Wyatt. p. cm. — (SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture) (SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-7914-6127-0 (acid-free paper) — ISBN 0-7914-6128-9 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 1. American fiction—Women authors—History and criticism. 2. Feminism and literature—United States—History—20th century. 3. Women and literature—United States—History—20th century. 4. American fiction—African American authors—History and criticism. 5. Psychoanalysis and feminism—United States. 6. Psychoanalysis and culture—United States. 7. Identification (Psychology) in literature. 8. Multiculturalism in literature. 9. Group identity in literature. 10. Community in literature. 11. Race in literature. I. Title. II. Series. III. Series: SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory PS374.F45W93 2004 813'.5099287—dc22 2003190066 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In the individual’s mental life someone else is invariably involved, as a model, as an object, as a helper, as an opponent; and so from the very first, individual psychology, in this extended but entirely justifiable sense of the words, is at the same time social psychology. —Sigmund Freud Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego ...