Postmodern Tales of Slavery in the Americas
From Alejo Carpentier to Charles Johnson
Seiten
2000
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-3853-6 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-3853-6 (ISBN)
This study analyzes the postmodern aesthetics common to seven tales of slavery from the USA, Martinique and Guadeloupe, Cuba and Columbia. The texts range from Alejo Carpentier's "El reino de este mundo" (1949) to Toni Morrison's "Beloved" (1987).
Unlike 19th century slave narratives, many recent novel-like texts about slavery deploy ironic narrative strategies, innovative structural features, and playful cruelty. This study analyzes the postmodern aesthetics common to seven tales of slavery from the United States, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, Cuba, abd Colombia from authors including Alejo Carpentier, Miguel Barnet, Toni Morrison, and Charles Johnson.
Unlike 19th century slave narratives, many recent novel-like texts about slavery deploy ironic narrative strategies, innovative structural features, and playful cruelty. This study analyzes the postmodern aesthetics common to seven tales of slavery from the United States, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, Cuba, abd Colombia from authors including Alejo Carpentier, Miguel Barnet, Toni Morrison, and Charles Johnson.
Timothy J. Cox
Acknowledgments Introduction: New Slavery Novels: Nation-ness and Imagination in the New World Contet 1. Using American Slavery to Construct Black Aesthetics 2. Dissembling History: Postmodern Irony as Narrative Strategy 3. Re(-)fusing the New World in Accounts of the middle Passage 4. Oscillatory Stuctures, Runny Away, and (Dis)Locating the Self Conclusion: Problematics of the Questioning of Identity Works Cited
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.12.2000 |
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Reihe/Serie | Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
Zusatzinfo | 1 Illustrations, color |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 480 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
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ISBN-10 | 0-8153-3853-8 / 0815338538 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8153-3853-6 / 9780815338536 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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