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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810102603321

Autore

Rushdy Ashraf H. A. <1961->

Titolo

Neo-slave narratives : studies in the social logic of a literary form / / Ashraf H.A. Rushdy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-772545-7

1-280-53026-X

0-19-802900-4

1-4294-0468-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Race and American culture

Disciplina

810.9/353

Soggetti

African Americans in literature

African Americans - Intellectual life - 20th century

American fiction - African American authors - History and criticism

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

First person narrative

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Literary form - History - 20th century

Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century

Slavery in literature

Slaves' writings, American - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-276) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; One: Master Texts and Slave Narratives: Race, Form, and Intertextuality in the Field of Cultural Production; Two: Toward 1968: The Discourse in Formation; Three: The Discourse Mobilized: The Debate over William Styrons The Confessions of Nat Turner; Four: The Possession of Resistance: Ishmael Reed's Flight to Canada; Five: Meditations on Story: Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose; Six: Serving the Form, Conserving the Order: Charles Johnson's Oxherding Tale; Seven: Revising the Form, Misserving the Order: Charles Johnson's Middle Passage; Eight: Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D

EF; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z



Sommario/riassunto

This is a study in the political, social, and cultural content of a particular literary form - the novel of slavery cast as a first-person slave narrative. The text explores the complex relationship between nostalgia and critique, and asks how African-American intellectuals made use of this form.