Neo-Slave narratives : studies in the social logic of a literary form

Author(s)

• Rushdy, Ashraf H. A.

Bibliographic Information

Neo-Slave narratives : studies in the social logic of a literary form

Ashraf H.A. Rushdy

（Race and American culture）

Oxford University Press, 1999

Note

Includes notes (p. 233-276) and index(p. 277-286)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Neo-slave Narratives is a study in the political, social, and cultural content of a particular literary form - the novel of slavery cast as a first-person slave narrative. After discerning the social and historical factors surrounding the first appearance of that literary form in the 1960s, the author explores the complex relationship between nostalgia and critique, while asking how African-American intellectuals at different points between 1976 and 1990 remember and use the site of slavery to represent the crucial cultural debates that arose during the sixties.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA43784868
• ISBN:
  • 0195125339
• LCCN: 98027667
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 286 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS374.S58
  • DC21 : 810.9/353
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : American fiction -- Afro-American authors -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Slavery in literature
  • LCSH : Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Slaves' writings, American -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Afro-Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • LCSH : Afro-Americans in literature
  • LCSH : First-person narrative
  • LCSH : Slavery in literature
  • LCSH : Literary form
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA20976316