Cultural Memory of Africa in African American and Black British Fiction, 1970-2000

Specters of the Shore

AvLeila Kamali

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict

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This book offers a new approach to reading the cultural memory of Africa in African American fiction from the post-Civil Rights era and in Black British fiction emerging in the wake of Thatcherism.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-12-11
Mått:148 x 210 x 23 mm
Vikt:533 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict
Antal sidor:314
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137584854

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Leila Kamali is Lecturer in American and English Literature at King's College London, UK.

Innehållsförteckning

1 Introduction.- 2 ‘Drumbeats From The Aeons’: Ishmael Reed’s Mumbo Jumbo.- 3 ‘Solomon’s Leap’: Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon.- 4 ‘Worse Than Unwelcome’: Alice Walker’s The Color Purple.- 5 ‘Something About The Silence’: John Edgar Wideman’s Philadelphia Fire.- 6 ‘Words Without Sound’: Caryl Phillips’s Crossing the River.- 7 Circular Talk’: S.I. Martin’s Incomparable World.- 8 ‘Awakening to the Singing’: Bernardine Evaristo’s Lara.- 9 ‘I Can Change Memory’: David Dabydeen’s A Harlot’s Progress.- 10 Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.