LEADER 01025nam0-22003491i-450- 001 990003965070403321 005 20030922111710.0 010 $a1-84277-265-1 035 $a000396507 035 $aFED01000396507 035 $a(Aleph)000396507FED01 035 $a000396507 100 $a20030922d--------km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aeng 102 $aGB 105 $a--------001cy 200 1 $aDenial and distress$egender, poverty and human rights in Asia$fRanjani K. Murthy, Lakshmi Sankaran 210 $aLondon$cZed books$d©1999 215 $ax, 174 p.$ctab.$d22 cm 320 $aContiene bibl. (pp. 161-174) 610 0 $aDonne$aAsia$aCondizioni sociali 610 0 $aPovertą$aAsia 676 $a305.42095$v21$zita 700 1$aMurthy,$bRanjani K.$0120166 701 1$aSankaran,$bLakshmi$0149263 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990003965070403321 952 $a305.42095 MUR 1$b8336$fBFS 959 $aBFS 996 $aDenial and distress$9512685 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03381nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910789868703321 005 20230331010906.0 010 $a1-283-09780-X 010 $a9786613097804 010 $a0-19-972275-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000078309 035 $a(EBL)679616 035 $a(OCoLC)712015980 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000641185 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11398704 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000641185 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10632014 035 $a(PQKB)10343984 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC679616 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL679616 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10465679 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL309780 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000078309 100 $a19881007d1988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe signifying monkey$b[electronic resource] $ea theory of Afro-American literary criticism /$fHenry Louis Gates, Jr 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc1988 215 $a1 online resource (319 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-506075-X 320 $aBibliography: p.259-280. 327 $aPART ONE: A Theory of the Tradition; 1. A Myth of Origins: Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey; 2. The Signifying Monkey and the Language of Signifyin(g): Rhetorical Difference and the Orders of Meaning; 3. Figures of Signification; PART TWO: Reading the Tradition; 4. The Trope of the Talking Book; 5. Zora Neale Hurston and the Speakerly Text; 6. On "The Blackness of Blackness": Ishmael Reed and a Critique of the Sign; 7. Color Me Zora: Alice Walker's (Re) Writing of the Speakerly Text. 330 $aHenry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Examining the ancient poetry and myths found in African, Latin American, and Caribbean culture, and particularly the Yoruba trickster figure of Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey whose myths help articulate the black tradition's theory of its literature, Gates uncovers a unique system for interpretation and a pow 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life 606 $aAfrican Americans in literature 606 $aCriticism$zUnited States 606 $aOral tradition$zUnited States 606 $aMythology, African, in literature 606 $aAfrican Americans$vFolklore 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican influences 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aAfrican Americans in literature. 615 0$aCriticism 615 0$aOral tradition 615 0$aMythology, African, in literature. 615 0$aAfrican Americans 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican influences. 676 $a810/.9/896073 700 $aGates$b Henry Louis$0243500 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789868703321 996 $aThe signifying monkey$93692137 997 $aUNINA