Black subjects : identity formation in the contemporary narrative of slavery /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Keizer, Arlene R.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Subjects:	American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Slavery in literature. Caribbean literature (English) > History and criticism. Walcott, Derek. > Dream on Monkey Mountain. Identity (Psychology) in literature. African Americans in literature. Slave trade in literature. Blacks in literature.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Introduction : "the middle passage never guessed its end" : New World slavery in contemporary literature
Beloved : ideologies in conflict, improvised subjects
Being, race, and gender : black masculinity and western philosophy in Charles Johnson's works on slavery
The chosen place, the timeless people : late capitalism in the black Atlantic
Performance, identity, and "mulatto aesthetics" in Derek Walcott's Dream on Monkey Mountain
The geography of the Apocalypse : incest, mythology, and the fall of Washington city in Carolivia Herron's Thereafter Johnnie
Conclusion : "one lives by memory, not by truth".