| African American Gothic: Screams from Shadowed Places 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Wester, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349434264 ISBN-13: 9781349434268 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance |
| Dewey: 810.989 |
| Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.76 lbs) 285 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This new critique of contemporary African-American fiction explores its intersections with and critiques of the Gothic genre. Wester reveals the myriad ways writers manipulate the genre to critique the gothic's traditional racial ideologies and the mechanisms that were appropriated and re-articulated as a useful vehicle for the enunciation of the peculiar terrors and complexities of black existence in America. Re-reading major African American literary texts such as Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Of One Blood, Cane, Invisible Man, and Corregidora African American Gothic investigates texts from each major era in African American Culture to show how the gothic has consistently circulated throughout the African American literary canon. |