Title Remembering generations : race and family in contemporary African American fiction / Ashraf H.A. Rushdy

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 209 pages) Contents History Is Your Own Heartbeat: The Palimpsest Imperative in African American Fiction --The Sexual Is Historical: The Subject of Desire -- The Stillness That Comes to All: The Subject of Death -- Orphans of the One-Way Voyage: The Subject of Family -- A Legacy of History, An Enchantment of History: The Subject of the Present Summary This study examines how cultural works contribute to social debates, how a particular representational form emerges out of a specific historical epoch, and how some intellectuals meditate on the issue of historical responsibility within contemporary American society Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Domestic fiction, American -- History and criticism African American families in literature. African Americans in literature. First person narrative. Slavery in literature. Race in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African American families in literature African Americans in literature American fiction American fiction -- African American authors Domestic fiction, American First person narrative Literature and society Race in literature Slavery in literature United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0807875589 9780807875582

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