His Own Where (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: June Jordan
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Novella
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The mid-1960’s
- Setting: New York City, particularly the African American community of Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Principal Characters: Buddy Rivers, Angela Figueroa, Mrs. Figueroa, Mr. Figueroa, Mr. Rivers, Mrs. Rivers
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: African Americans, 1970’s, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Teenagers, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, New York City, Poverty or poor people, Domestic violence, Inner cities or inner-city life
- Locales: Bedford-Stuyvesant, NY
The Novel
His Own Where covers several months in the life of Buddy Rivers, a student at Boys High School in Brooklyn who is at a point at which he realizes that he must assume complete responsibility for his decisions and choices. He has been living with his father in a house in the heart of the African American community of Bedford-Stuyvesant in the borough of Brooklyn, a house that they have been personally renovating so that it reflects their sense of who they are. Buddy’s mother has returned to the Caribbean, discouraged by her inability to order her life as she...
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