A spirit of dialogue: incarnations of Ogbanje, the born-to-die, in African American literature

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1. VerfasserIn: Okonkwo, Christopher N. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Knoxville, Tenn. The University of Tennessee Press [2008]
In:Jahr: 2008
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B USA / Schwarze / Literatur / Animismus (Motiv) / Tod (Motiv)
B Nigeria / Literatur / Animismus (Motiv) / Tod (Motiv)
weitere Schlagwörter:B English literature 20th century History and criticism
B English literature History and criticism 20th century
B Myth in literature
B Mourning customs in literature
B African Americans Intellectual life
B African Americans in literature
B American literature African American authors History and criticism
B Death in literature
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction: an aesthetic (re)mark on the spirit child -- Ogbanje and Abiku: contexts, conceptualizations, and two West African literary archetypes -- Chinua Achebe, the (neo)slave narrative, the nationalist aesthetic, and African American (re)visions of the spirit child -- Of power, protest, and revolution: wild seed and mind of my mind -- Binary nativity, subjectivity, and the wages of (in)fidelity to "origins": The between -- Mediating character, theme, and narration: "Ogbanje" as hermeneutics in the cattle killing -- Sula, Beloved, and the constructive synchrony of good and evil -- Epilogue: this blues called Ogbanje
Physische Details:xxv, 266 Seiten
ISBN:1572336153