The problem of embodiment in early African American narrative
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The problem of embodiment in early African American narrative
（Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 183）
Greenwood Press, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-174) and index
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Offering a revolutionary way of reading 19th-century slave narratives, Fishburn seeks to recover the philosophical foundations of African American literature. Underlying slave narrative is an expression of the problem of physical embodiment; that is, the dualistic thinking of the mind-body division. Fishburn's work uncovers the tension between needing to acknowledge the fact of human embodiment and wishing to overcome its consequences in a racist society. One of the strongest points made by this pioneering work is the controversial claim that these slave narratives offer one of the most telling, if largely overlooked, pre-Heideggerian critiques of liberal humanism ever attempted in the West.
Table of Contents
- Preface: What the Body Knows Acknowledgments Introduction: Seeing Otherwise Thinking Through the Body The Body's Recollection of Being The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass My Bondage and My Freedom Disappearing Acts The History of Mary Prince Our Nig
- or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Epilogue: Justice in the Flesh Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted The House Behind the Cedars The Marrow of Tradition Bibliography Index
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