Re-Membering and Surviving : African American Fiction of the Vietnam War /

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"A critical study of the black experience in the Vietnam War and its aftermath, this text interrogates the meaning of heroism based on models from African and African American novels: Captain Blackman (1972), John A. Williams; Tragic Magic (1978), Wesley Brown; Coming Home (1984), George Davis;...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hanshaw, Shirley A. J. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2021]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
War stories, American.
War and literature.
Heroes in literature.
American fiction > African American authors.
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Heros dans la litterature.
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
Recits de guerre americains > Histoire et critique.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
African American soldiers in literature.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Literature and the war.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
War stories, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Historical and Literary Background
  • Chapter 2. Untangling a Paradoxical Web for the Black Warrior: The Anansean Motif in Captain Blackman
  • Chapter 3. Reading the Signs: Re-Membering the Legacy of Voodoo as Path to Empowerment in De Mojo Blues
  • Chapter 4. Playin' It by Ear: The Jazzerly Sound of Survival in Tragic Magic
  • Chapter 5. Transcending Abstractions by Re-Membering Self in Coming Home
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1. Literary Representation of the African American Experience in Vietnam
  • Appendix 2. Visual and Musical Representation of the African American Experience in Vietnam
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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