Ghosts of the African Diaspora : Re-Visioning History, Memory, and Identity /

Ghosts of the African Diaspora : Re-Visioning History, Memory, and Identity /

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The first monograph to investigate the poetics and politics of haunting in African diaspora literature, Ghosts of the African Diaspora: Re-Visioning History, Memory, and Identity examines literary works by five contemporary writers--Fred D'Aguiar, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, Michelle Cliff,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chassot, Joanne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ghosts in literature.
Collective memory in literature.
American literature > African American authors.
African diaspora in literature.
African Americans in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Memoire collective dans la litterature.
Africains > Pays etrangers, dans la litterature.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: tracing the ghost
  • "Voyage through death to life upon these shores": Representing the Middle Passage
  • Dusky Sallys: re-visioning the silences of history
  • "You best remember them!": repossessing the spirit of diaspora
  • "A ghost-life": queering the limits of identity
  • Afterword: learning to live with ghosts.

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