The trouble with Sauling around : conversion in ethnic American autobiography, 1965-2002 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Walker, Madeline Ruth, 1958-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Religion and literature > United States > History > 20th century. Self-realization in literature. Conversion in literature. Autobiography > Mexican American authors. Autobiography > African American authors. American prose literature > Minority authors > History and criticism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The trouble with conversion
Conversion and the intractable Saul: The autobiography of Malcolm X
Conversion, deconversion, and reversion: Oscar Zeta Acosta's autofictions
Serial conversion and Pauling around: Amiri Baraka's The autobiography of Leroi Jones
Converting the church: Richard Rodriguez and the browning of catholicism
Conclusion: Unlinking religious belief and identity.