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

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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:

Introduction
The slave narrative and its postmodern counterpart
The conflation of time in Ishmael Reed's Flight to Canada and Octavia Butler's Kindred
Ghosts, haunted houses, and the legacy of slavery : Toni Morrison's Beloved and the gothic impulse
Re-forming Black subjectivity : symbolic transculturation in Charles Johnson's Oxherding tale and Middle passage
Beyond postmodernity : de-familiarizing the postmodern slave narrative.