Calls and Responses: The American Novel of Slavery Since Gone with the WindLSU Press, 2008 - 272 Seiten In this comprehensive, groundbreaking study, Tim A. Ryan explores how American novelists since World War I have imagined the institution of slavery and the experience of those involved in it. Complicating the common assumption that authentic black-authored fiction about slavery is starkly opposed to the traditional, racist fiction (and history) created by whites, Ryan suggests that discourses about American slavery are -- and have always been -- defined by connections rather than disjunctions. Ryan contends that African American writers didn't merely reject and move beyond traditional portrayals of the black past but rather actively engaged in a dynamic dialogue with white-authored versions of slavery and existing historiographical debates. The result is an ongoing cultural conversation that transcends both racial and disciplinary boundaries and is akin to the call-and-response style of African American gospel music. |
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Slavery and Slave Psychologies in American Fiction and History 19451968 | 63 |
The Development of the Contemporary Novel of Slavery 19761987 | 114 |
Complications of the Contemporary Novel of Slavery 19862003 | 149 |
Slavery Fiction in the New Millennium | 185 |
Beyond Black and White | 209 |
Major Historical Studies Fiction Drama Films and TV Presentations since 1918 concerning Slavery in the United States | 215 |
NOTES | 227 |
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