Progress compromised : social movements and the individual in African American postmodern fiction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Glenn, John, 1981- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. African Americans in literature. Race discrimination in literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Unraveling cultural notions: black progress in Colson Whitehead's The intuitionist
Restless questioning: anguish and the ethos of black struggle in Alice Walker's Meridian
Resisting consensus: class-driven politics in John Oliver Killens's The cotillion
Self-renewal through introspection: endless journeys, endless becoming in Toni Morrison's Tar baby
Conclusion.