Facing Black and Jew - Literature As Public Space in Twentieth-Century America

Klappentext Reading the work of African American and Jewish American authors alongside and through one another. Zusammenfassung Reading the work of African American and Jewish American authors alongside and through one another! Adam Zachary Newton offers an original way of juxtaposing two major traditions in American literature and rethinking their sometimes vexed relationship. A final chapter addresses the Black/Jewish dimension of the O. J. Simpson trial. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction, Part I. The Space Between Black and Jew: Part II. History and Allegory: A Match Made in Shadow: 1. 'An antiphonal game' and beyond: facing Call It Sleep and Invisible Man; 2. 'Jew me sue me dont you black or white me': the (ethical)politics of recognition in Saul Bellow and Chester Himes; 3. Words Generally Spoil Things and Giving a Man a Final Say: facing history The Chaneysville Incident and Operation Shylock; 4. Literaturized Blacks and Jews; or, Golems and Tar Babys: fates of recognition in John Edgar Wideman and Bernard Malamud; 5. Black-Jewish inflations: face (off) in Mamet's Homicide and the O. J. Simpson trial; Postface Déja vu all over again: Ann Deavere Smith's Fires in the Mirror.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Adam Z. Newton, Adam Zachary Newton, Adam Zachary (University of Texas Newton
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.07.1999
• EAN: 9780521658706
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65870-6
• Pagine: 236
• Serie: Cultural Margins; Cultural Margins
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata