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The Signifying Monkey

A Theory of African American Literary Criticism
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
352 Seiten
Englisch
Oxford University Presserschienen am07.08.2014-25th Anniversary edition
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself.mehr
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KlappentextHenry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-19-513647-0
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2014
Erscheinungsdatum07.08.2014
Auflage-25th Anniversary edition
Seiten352 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 156 mm, Höhe 233 mm, Dicke 25 mm
Gewicht555 g
Artikel-Nr.28824589

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
New Preface ; Introduction ; Part I ; 1. A Myth of Origins:Esu Elegbara and the Signifying Mokey ; 2. The Signifying Monkey and the Language of Signifyin(g): Rhetorical Difference and the Orders of Meaning ; 3. Figures of Significance ; Part II ; 4. The Trope of the Talking Book ; 5. Zora Neale Hurston and the Speakerly Text ; 6. On "The Blackness of Blackness": Ishmael Reed and a Critique of the Sign ; 7. Color Me Zora: Alice Walker's (Re) Writing of the Speakerly Text ; New Afterward ; Notes ; Indexmehr

Autor

Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Havard University; Editor-in-Chief, Oxford American Studies Center. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 'Skip' is one of the most powerful academic voices in America. In 1997 Gates was voted one of Time Magazine's '25 Most influential Americans'. He is most recognised for his extensive research of African American history and literature, and for developing and expanding the African American Studies program at Harvard University. The first black to have received a Ph.D. from Cambridge, Gates is the author of many books, articles, essays and reviews, and has received numerous awards and honorary degrees. Gates who has displayed an endless dedication to bringing African- American culture into the public, has co-authored, co-edited and produced some of the most comprehensive African-American reference materials in the country.