Emerging Afrikan Survivals - An Afrocentric Critical Theory

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Part I: An Afrocentric Critical Theory 1. Introduction 2. Historical Situatedness and African American Culture 3. Change and Cultural Representation in African American Literary Criticism 4. Recent Directions in African American Literary Criticism: Toward an African Poetics Part II: Application of the Afrocentric Critical Theory 5. Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon 6. David Bradley's The Chaneysville Incident 7. Invisible Man 8. A Review of Contemporary African American Novels 9. Conclusion

About the author

Kemayo Kamau

Summary

This work sets forth the guidelines for an Afrocentric literary theory and goes on to apply that theory to three novels: Invisible Man , Song of Solomon and The Chaneysville Incident .

Product details

• Authors: Kemayo Kamau, Kamau Kemayo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138968639
• ISBN: 978-1-138-96863-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Studies in African American History and Culture; Studies in African American History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Ethnic Studies, History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General