| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 209 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
History Is Your Own Heartbeat: The Palimpsest Imperative in African American Fiction --The Sexual Is Historical: The Subject of Desire -- The Stillness That Comes to All: The Subject of Death -- Orphans of the One-Way Voyage: The Subject of Family -- A Legacy of History, An Enchantment of History: The Subject of the Present. |
| Summary |
This study examines how cultural works contribute to social debates, how a particular representational form emerges out of a specific historical epoch, and how some intellectuals meditate on the issue of historical responsibility within contemporary American society. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- African American authors. |
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature and society. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
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Domestic fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Domestic fiction, American. |
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African American families in literature.
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African American families in literature. |
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature. |
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First person narrative.
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First person narrative. |
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Slavery in literature.
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Slavery in literature. |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rushdy, Ashraf H.A., 1961- Remembering generations. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001 0807826014 (DLC) 00062866 (OCoLC)44876928 |
| ISBN |
0807875589 (electronic book) |
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9780807875582 (electronic book) |
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