| Description |
xxviii, 490 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Sequel to: The Afro-American novel and its tradition. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-461) and index. |
| Contents |
Mapping the rhetoric, politics, and poetics of representaton in the contemporary African American novel -- Roots of the contemporary African American novel -- Mapping the peaks and valleys of the African American novel (1853-1962) -- Forms of neorealism : critical and poetic realism (1962-1983) -- Modernism and postmodernism (1962-1983) -- Continuity and change in ethnic tropes of identity formation (1983-2001) -- New black aesthetic : Eurocentric metafiction and African Americentric tropes of transcultural identity and community (1983-2001). |
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Contemporary African American paraliterature : science/speculative fiction, gay/lesbian, and detective/mystery novels and romances (1983-2001). |
| Subject |
American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- African American authors. |
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Literature and folklore -- United States.
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Literature and folklore. |
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United States. |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature. |
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African Americans -- Folklore.
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African Americans -- Folklore. |
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Folklore in literature.
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Folklore in literature. |
| ISBN |
1558494731 paperback alkaline paper |
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1558494723 library cloth alkaline paper |
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