A Case of Mis-Taken Identity: Detective Undercurrents in Recent African American Fiction - Couverture rigide

Lock, Helen

 
9780820423821: A Case of Mis-Taken Identity: Detective Undercurrents in Recent African American Fiction
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ISBN 10 : 0820423823 ISBN 13 : 9780820423821
Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 1994

Synopsis

The detective story, staple of Western popular culture, has undergone a transformation in recent African American fiction. In the work of Ishmael Reed, Toni Morrison, and Ralph Ellison, among others, a pattern of detection emerges which has its roots in African mythology and aesthetics. The traditionally marginal figure of the victim here takes center stage, and the investigation focuses not on «whodunit?» but on how to undo it: how to invalidate the victimization by resurrecting the victim as a fully autonomous, de-marginalized figure.

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À propos de l?auteur

The Author: Helen Lock is an assistant professor of English at Northeast Louisiana University. She received her B.A. from the University of Liverpool, England, and her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. She has previously published on Ishmael Reed and other contemporary American writers.

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Éditeur
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0820423823
ISBN 13 
9780820423821
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
147
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Personne responsable
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