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African Settings in Contemporary American Novels

Author : Dave Kuhne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313371342
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book African Settings in Contemporary American Novels written by Dave Kuhne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-05-30 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa has long captured the Western imagination as a land shrouded in danger and mystery. British and American novels written before World War II established popular conventions and stereotypes about Africa that have been increasingly challenged by contemporary American novels set in Africa. Kuhne's book overviews the ways in which Africa has been employed as a powerful setting for American novels written since World War II. Kuhne argues that contemporary American novels with African settings are largely didactic, that these novels convey specific lessons about Africa and Africans, and that they compare African and American cultures in order to evaluate and critique the two worlds. The book begins by summarizing the conventions and themes Westerners have traditionally associated with Africa and by detailing how British and American authors from Aphra Behn to Ernest Hemingway depicted Africa before World War II. It then looks at contemporary American novels set in invented African nations, novels that typically suggest that the problems that trouble actual African nations are the result of colonialism. A separate chapter then examines the African novels of African Americans, which generally aim to correct the historical record, refute stereotypes, and detail the horrors of the slave trade. The volume also looks at genre fiction set in Africa, while a final chapter discusses postcolonial novels with African settings.

A Continent of Words

Author : Dave Kuhne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book A Continent of Words written by Dave Kuhne and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Travel and Dislocation in Contemporary American Fiction

Author : Aliki Varvogli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136627022
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Travel and Dislocation in Contemporary American Fiction written by Aliki Varvogli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a critical study and analysis of American fiction at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It focuses on novels that ‘go outward’ literally and metaphorically, and it concentrates on narratives that take place mainly away from the US’s geographical borders. Varvogli draws on current theories of travel globalization and post-national studies, and proposes a dynamic model that will enable scholars to approach contemporary American fiction and assess recent changes and continuities. Concentrating on work by Philip Caputo, Dave Eggers, Norman Rush and Russell Banks, the book proposes that American literature’s engagement with Africa has shifted and needs to be approached using new methodologies. Novels by Amy Tan, Garrison Keillor, Jonathan Safran Foer and Dave Eggers are examined in the context of travel and globalization, and works by Chang-rae Lee, Ethan Canin, Dinaw Mengestu and Jhumpa Lahiri are used as examples of the changing face of the American immigrant novel, and the changing meaning of national belonging.

Reading Contemporary African American Literature

Author : Beauty Bragg
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739188798
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Reading Contemporary African American Literature written by Beauty Bragg and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Contemporary African American Literature focuses on the subject of contemporary African American popular fiction by women. Bragg’s study addresses why such work should be the subject of scholarly examination, describes the events and attitudes which account for the critical neglect of this body of work, and models a critical approach to such narratives that demonstrates the distinctive ways in which this literature captures the complexities of post-civil rights era black experiences. In making her arguments regarding the value of popular writing, Bragg argues that black women’s popular fiction foregrounds gender in ways that are frequently missing from other modes of narrative production. They exhibit a responsiveness and timeliness to the shifting social terrain which is reflected in the rapidly shifting styles and themes which characterize popular fiction. In doing so, they extend the historical function of African American literature by continuing to engage the black body as a symbol of political meaning in the social context of the United States. In popular literature Beauty Bragg locates a space from which black women engage a variety of public discourses.

The Contemporary African American Novel

Author : Emine Lâle Demirtürk
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611475309
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book The Contemporary African American Novel written by Emine Lâle Demirtürk and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the post-1990s African American novels, namely the "neo-urban novel," and develops a new urban discourse for the twenty-first century on how the city, as a social formation, impacts black characters through everyday discursive practices of whiteness. The critique of everyday life in a racial context is important in considering diverse forms of the lived reality of black everyday life in the novelistic representations of the white dominant urban order. African American fictional representations of the city have political significance in that the "neo-urban novel" explores the nature of the American society at large. This book explores the need to understand how whiteness works, what it forecloses, and what it occasionally opens up in everyday life in American society.

Black Feminism and Traumatic Legacies in Contemporary African American Literature

Author : Apryl Lewis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666921394
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Black Feminism and Traumatic Legacies in Contemporary African American Literature written by Apryl Lewis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-01-09 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Feminism and Traumatic Legacies in Contemporary African American Literature expands on a literary tradition where Black writers articulate the impact of slavery's legacy over time. Along with Black Feminist studies, this book demonstrates how trauma studies can transcend Eurocentric roots by encompassing traumatic experiences of other cultures through intersectionality.

The Cambridge Companion to African American Women's Literature

Author : Angelyn Mitchell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521858887
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to African American Women's Literature written by Angelyn Mitchell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to African American Women's Literature covers a period dating back to the eighteenth century. These specially commissioned essays highlight the artistry, complexity and diversity of a literary tradition that ranges from Lucy Terry to Toni Morrison. A wide range of topics are addressed, from the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement, and from the performing arts to popular fiction. Together, the essays provide an invaluable guide to a rich, complex tradition of women writers in conversation with each other as they critique American society and influence American letters. Accessible and vibrant, with the needs of undergraduate students in mind, this Companion will be of great interest to anybody who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of this important and vital area of American literature.

Contemporary African American Literature

Author : Lovalerie King
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 025300697X
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary African American Literature written by Lovalerie King and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays exploring contemporary black fiction and examining important issues in current African American literary studies. In this volume, Lovalerie King and Shirley Moody-Turner have compiled a collection of essays that offer access to some of the most innovative contemporary black fiction while addressing important issues in current African American literary studies. Distinguished scholars Houston Baker, Trudier Harris, Darryl Dickson-Carr, and Maryemma Graham join writers and younger scholars to explore the work of Toni Morrison, Edward P. Jones, Trey Ellis, Paul Beatty, Mat Johnson, Kyle Baker, Danzy Senna, Nikki Turner, and many others. The collection is bracketed by a foreword by novelist and graphic artist Mat Johnson, one of the most exciting and innovative contemporary African American writers, and an afterword by Alice Randall, author of the controversial parody The Wind Done Gone. Together, King and Moody-Turner make the case that diversity, innovation, and canon expansion are essential to maintaining the vitality of African American literary studies. “A compelling collection of essays on the ongoing relevance of African American literature to our collective understanding of American history, society, and culture. Featuring a wide array of writers from all corners of the literary academy, the book will have national appeal and offer strategies for teaching African American literature in colleges and universities across the country.” —Gene Jarrett, Boston University “[This book describes] a fruitful tension that brings scholars of major reputation together with newly emerging critics to explore the full range of literary activities that have flourished in the post-Civil Rights era. Notable are such popular influences as hip-hop music and Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club.” —American Literary Scholarship, 2013

The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction

Author : Darryl Dickson-Carr
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231510691
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction written by Darryl Dickson-Carr and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-14 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Ishmael Reed and Toni Morrison to Colson Whitehead and Terry McMillan, Darryl Dickson-Carr offers a definitive guide to contemporary African American literature. This volume-the only reference work devoted exclusively to African American fiction of the last thirty-five years-presents a wealth of factual and interpretive information about the major authors, texts, movements, and ideas that have shaped contemporary African American fiction. In more than 160 concise entries, arranged alphabetically, Dickson-Carr discusses the careers, works, and critical receptions of Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, Jamaica Kincaid, Charles Johnson, John Edgar Wideman, Leon Forrest, as well as other prominent and lesser-known authors. Each entry presents ways of reading the author's works, identifies key themes and influences, assesses the writer's overarching significance, and includes sources for further research. Dickson-Carr addresses the influence of a variety of literary movements, critical theories, and publishers of African American work. Topics discussed include the Black Arts Movement, African American postmodernism, feminism, and the influence of hip-hop, the blues, and jazz on African American novelists. In tracing these developments, Dickson-Carr examines the multitude of ways authors have portrayed the diverse experiences of African Americans. The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction situates African American fiction in the social, political, and cultural contexts of post-Civil Rights era America: the drug epidemics of the 1980s and 1990s and the concomitant "war on drugs," the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, the struggle for gay rights, feminism, the rise of HIV/AIDS, and racism's continuing effects on African American communities. Dickson-Carr also discusses the debates and controversies regarding the role of literature in African American life. The volume concludes with an extensive annotated bibliography of African American fiction and criticism.

The Contemporary American Crime Novel

Author : Andrew Pepper
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9781579583521
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book The Contemporary American Crime Novel written by Andrew Pepper and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As America's ethnic and racial character undergoes explosive transformation, its crime fictions trace, contest and celebrate the changes.The Contemporary American Crime Novelis an exciting book that offers a comprehensive review of recent developments in American crime fiction, exploring America's dynamic, fragmented multicultural landscape and how it has transformed the codes and conventions of the crime novel. Featured authors include James Ellroy, James Lee Burke, Sara Paretsky, Barbara Wilson, Chester Himes, Walter Mosley, Faye Kellerman, Alex Abella, and Chang-Rae Lee.

The City in African-American Literature

Author : Yoshinobu Hakutani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781611471151
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book The City in African-American Literature written by Yoshinobu Hakutani and published by . This book was released on 1995-03-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city has been the main setting for modern African-American literature, and the fifteen essays in this collection show that this body of writing has been remarkable for the variety of ways in which it has made significant affirmations about urban society in America.

Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers

Author : Laurie Champion
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031307643X
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers written by Laurie Champion and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-11-30 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American women writers have long been creating an extraordinarily diverse and vital body of fiction, particularly in the decades since World War II. Recent authors have benefited from the struggles of their predecessors, who broke through barriers that denied women opportunities for self-expression. This reference highlights American women writers who continue to build upon the formerly male-dominated canon. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for more than 60 American women writers of diverse ethnicity who wrote or published their most significant fiction after World War II. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes:^L^DBLA brief biography^L^DBLA discussion of major works and themes^^DBLA survey of the writer's critical reception^L^DBLA bibliography of primary and secondary sources

The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865

Author : Dickson D. Bruce
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813920672
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865 written by Dickson D. Bruce and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest texts of the colonial period to works contemporary with Emancipation, African American literature has been a dialogue across color lines, and a medium through which black writers have been able to exert considerable authority on both sides of that racial demarcation. Dickson D. Bruce argues that contrary to prevailing perceptions of African American voices as silenced and excluded from American history, those voices were loud and clear. Within the context of the wider culture, these writers offered powerful, widely read, and widely appreciated commentaries on American ideals and ambitions. The Origins of African American Literature provides strong evidence to demonstrate just how much writers engaged in a surprising number of dialogues with society as a whole. Along with an extensive discussion of major authors and texts, including Phillis Wheatley's poetry, Frederick Douglass's Narrative, Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, and Martin Delany's Blake, Bruce explores less-prominent works and writers as well, thereby grounding African American writing in its changing historical settings. The Origins of African American Literature is an invaluable revelation of the emergence and sources of the specifically African American literary tradition and the forces that helped shape it.

Justice and Revenge in Contemporary American Crime Fiction

Author : Stuart Sim
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137469668
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Justice and Revenge in Contemporary American Crime Fiction written by Stuart Sim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The detective figure in contemporary American crime fiction increasingly relies on revenge to bring about justice in a society where there has been a sharp decline in moral values. This study demonstrates how the notion of the detective as a moral exemplar or heroic ideal breaks down in the works of writers such as James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky.

Food and Culture in Contemporary American Fiction

Author : Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136645535
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Food and Culture in Contemporary American Fiction written by Lorna Piatti-Farnell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Establishing an interdisciplinary connection between Food Studies and American literary scholarship, Piatti-Farnell investigates the significances of food and eating in American fiction, from 1980 to the present day. She argues that culturally-coded representations of the culinary illuminate contemporary American anxieties about class gender, race, tradition, immigration, nationhood, and history. As she offers a critical analysis of major works of contemporary fiction, Piatti-Farnell unveils contrasting modes of culinary nostalgia, disillusionment, and progress that pervasively address the cultural disintegration of local and familiar culinary values, in favor of globalized economies of consumption. In identifying different incarnations of the "American culinary," Piatti-Farnell covers the depiction of food in specific categories of American fiction and explores how the cultural separation that molds food preferences inevitably challenges the existence of a homogenous American identity. The study treads on new grounds since it not only provides the first comprehensive study of food and consumption in contemporary American fiction, but also aims to expose interrelated politics of consumption in a variety of authors from different ethnic, cultural, racial and social backgrounds within the United States.

Post-Orientalism and Contemporary American Novels

Author : Mousa Abu Haserah
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527507106
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Post-Orientalism and Contemporary American Novels written by Mousa Abu Haserah and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-09 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a scientific and academic contribution to the scholarly exploration of the complex relationship between the East and the West in American literature. The study focuses on four novels (Mornings in Jenin, Falling Man, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Riyah Al-Janna (The Wind of Paradise)) to discuss how the literature reflects on Middle Eastern themes in relation to the situations and conditions of the New East. It treats the Orient as a moving body and takes Edward Said’s Orientalism into account, also showing Post-Orientalism or the New East as a literary phenomenon in the 21st century, specializing in politics, militarism, and post-colonial ideology. The book explains and divides the Middle East into two parts: the Arab-Islamic Middle East and the non-Arab-Islamic Middle East. It highlights the similarities and differences between these two parts as depicted in various novels, presenting the East as a land of desolation and destruction due to the political, regional, and religious changes that have shaken it.

History, memory, recovery and representation in contemporary fiction by african american women writers

Author : Silvia del Pilar Castro Borrego
Publisher : Universidad Almería
ISBN 13 : 8482402587
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book History, memory, recovery and representation in contemporary fiction by african american women writers written by Silvia del Pilar Castro Borrego and published by Universidad Almería. This book was released on 1999-08-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: