The contemporary African American novel : its folk roots and modern literary branches / Bernard W. Bell.

Author/creator Bell, Bernard W.
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxxviii, 490 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
American fiction--African American authors. --History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
Literature and folklore--United States.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans--Folklore.
Folklore in literature.
American fiction--African American authors. --History and critcism.

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).
Contents Contemporary African American paraliterature : science/speculative fiction, gay/lesbian, and detective/mystery novels and romances (1983-2001).
Local noteLittle-348165--305131054434X
General noteSequel to: The Afro-American novel and its tradition.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 429-461) and index.
LCCN 2004013508
ISBN1558494731 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781558494732 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1558494723 (library cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781558494725 (library cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS374.B635 B45 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold