Re-Forming the Past : History, The Fantastic, and the Postmodern Slave Narrative /

Re-Forming the Past : History, The Fantastic, and the Postmodern Slave Narrative /

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"In Re-Forming the Past, A. Timothy Spaulding examines contemporary revisions of slave narratives that use elements of the fantastic to redefine the historical and literary constructions of American slavery. In their rejection of mimetic representation and traditional historiography, postmodern...

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Main Author: Spaulding, A. Timothy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Johnson, Charles, > 1948-
Morrison, Toni. > Beloved.
Butler, Octavia E. > Kindred.
Reed, Ishmael, > 1938- > Flight to Canada.
Johnson, Charles Richard, > 1948- > Et l'histoire.
Johnson, Charles Richard, > 1948- > Knowledge > History.
Johnson, Charles, > 1948- > Knowledge > History.
Roman.
Slaves in literature.
Postmodernisme.
Slavernij.
Slaven (arbeid)
Negers.
Amerikaans.
Fictie.
Sklave > Motiv
Schwarze
Das Fantastische
Slavery in literature.
Postmodernism (Literature)
Historical fiction, American.
Fantasy fiction, American.
History.
American fiction > African American authors.
American fiction.
African Americans in literature.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Postmodernisme (Litterature) > États-Unis.
Roman fantastique americain > Histoire et critique.
Roman historique americain > Histoire et critique.
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
Esclavage dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Postmodernism (Literature) > United States.
Fantasy fiction, American > History and criticism.
Historical fiction, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Flight to Canada (Reed, Ishmael)
Beloved (Morrison, Toni)
Schwarze.
USA.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Summary:"In Re-Forming the Past, A. Timothy Spaulding examines contemporary revisions of slave narratives that use elements of the fantastic to redefine the historical and literary constructions of American slavery. In their rejection of mimetic representation and traditional historiography, postmodern slave narratives such as Ishmael Reed's Flight to Canada, Octavia Butler's Kindred, Toni Morrison's Beloved, Charles Johnson's Ox Herding Tale and Middle Passage, Jewelle Gomez's The Gilda Stories, and Samuel Delany's Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand set out to counter the usual slave narrative's reliance on realism and objectivity by creating alternative histories based on subjective, fantastic, and non-realistic representations of slavery. As these texts critique traditional conceptions of history, identity, and aesthetic form, they simultaneously re-invest these concepts with a political agency that harkens back to the original project of the 19th-century slave narratives." "In their rejection of mimetic representation and traditional historiography, Spaulding contextualizes postmodern slave narrative. By addressing both literary and popular African American texts, Re-Forming the Past expands discussions of both the African American literary tradition and postmodern culture."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (148 pages).
ISBN:9780814272756
Access:Open Access

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