All stories are true history, myth, and trauma in the work of John Edgar Wideman /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2011.
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| Series: | Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- "All stories are true": palimpsestic storytelling
- Deconstructing history: trauma and the alienation narratives
- Return home: mythic narratives and family history
- Journey back (again): the post-traumatic narratives
- Truth and reconciliation: the blues and the heroic romance
- Conclusion.