| Narrative, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States Contributor(s): Donahue, James J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814213545 ISBN-13: 9780814213544 Publisher: Ohio State University Press OUR PRICE: $123.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Literary Criticism | American - Asian American - Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| LCCN: 2017023517 |
| Series: Theory Interpretation Narrativ |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Narrative, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States, edited by James J. Donahue, Jennifer Ho, and Shaun Morgan, is the first book-length volume of essays devoted to studying the intersection of race/ethnicity and narrative theories. Each chapter offers a sustained engagement with narrative theory and critical race theory as applied to ethnic American literature, exploring the interpretive possibilities of this critical intersection. Taken as a whole, these chapters demonstrate some of the many ways that the formal study of narrative can help us better understand the racial/ethnic tensions of narrative fictions. Similarly, the essays advance the tools of narrative theory by redeploying or redesigning those tools to better account for and articulate the ways that race and ethnicity are formal components of narrative as well as thematic issues. Recognizing that racial/ethnic issues and tensions are often contextualized geographically, this volume focuses on narratives associated with various racial and ethnic communities in the United States. By engaging with new developments in narrative theory and critical race studies, this volume demonstrates the vitality of using the tools of narratology and critical race theory together to understand how race influences narrative and how narratology illuminates a reading of race in ethnic American literature. |