Black Subjects : Identity Formation in the Contemporary Narrative of Slavery /

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Writers as diverse as Carolivia Herron, Charles Johnson, Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison, and Derek Walcott have addressed the history of slavery in their literary works. In this groundbreaking new book, Arlene R. Keizer contends that these writers theorize the nature and formation of the black subjec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Keizer, Arlene (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Walcott, Derek, > 1930-2017.
Schwarze, ...
Andrae, A.
Walcott, Derek. > Dream on Monkey Mountain.
18.07 English literature outside Europe and the USA.
18.06 Anglo-American literature.
Herinneringen.
Identiteit.
Negers.
Slavernij.
Caribisch.
Amerikaans.
Letterkunde.
Roman
Sklaverei > Motiv
Slavery in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Caribbean literature (English)
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African-American.
Personnes noires dans la litterature.
Esclaves > Commerce, dans la litterature.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Identite (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Litterature antillaise (anglaise) > Histoire et critique.
Esclavage dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Black people in literature.
Slave trade in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Caribbean literature (English) > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Schwärze
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction. "The Middle Passage Never Guessed Its End": New World Slavery in Contemporary Literature
  • 1. Beloved: Ideologies in Conflict, Improvised Subjects
  • 2. Being, Race, and Gender: Black Masculinity and Western Philosophy in Charles johnson's Works on Slavery
  • 3. The Chosen Place, The Timeless People: Late Capitalism in the Black Atlantic
  • 4. Performance, Identity, and "Mulatto Aesthetics" in Derek Walcott's Dream on Monkey Mountain
  • 5. The Geography of the Apocalypse: Incest, Mythology, and the Fall of Washington City in Carolivia Herron's Thereafter johnnie
  • Conclusion. "One Lives by Memory, Not by Truth"
  • NOTES
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX

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