8. Updike's 1957 story "A Gift From the City" can be read as an account of white flight: husband fearful of blacks in city.
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9. The 1960 story "A Doctor's Wife" reflection of uneasy privilege of upper class whites vacationing in Caribbean.
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10. Updike's 1st wife Mary active supporter of Civil Rights movement. Updike not opposed but his conservative temperament caused friction.
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11. Updike was very conscious that the was winner in the American system - "lucky". Like most winners, uneasy about change.
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12. At civil rights marches, Updike's unease expressed itself with mockery -- he adopted minstrel accents. (See "Marching Through Boston")
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13. Updike's most ambitious 1960s grappling with race is of course "Rabbit Redux" (1971 but set 1969).
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14. In "Rabbit Redux" white middle american Everyman meets hippy feminist and black power radical.
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15. Begley has a high opinion of "Rabbit Redux"; I think it's a disaster but a fruitful one.
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16. In "Rabbit Redux" Updike showed that he had (at least at that time) no ear for black vernacular speech. Black section badly misfires.
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@evankindley Don't know that -- should take a look.
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@HeerJeet Yeah, it's quite good. I reviewed it here: http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/019_02/9500 …0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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