Postmodernism, traditional cultural forms, and African American narratives /W. Lawrence Hogue.
- Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references.
Postmodernism, traditional cultural forms, and African American subjectivity -- Multiple representations of Philadelphia and John Edgar Wideman's Philadelphia fire -- The trickster, African American virtual subject and Percival Everett's erasure -- Using jazz music and aesthetics to re-describe the African American in Toni Morrison's jazz -- Revolting to sustain psychic life: Bonnie Greer's hanging by her teeth and the encounter with the other -- Virtual-actual reality and Clarence Major's reflex and bone structure -- The Jungian/African collective unconscious, jazz aesthetics, and Xam Cartier's Muse-echo blues -- Conclusion.
"Examines how six writers reconfigure African American subjectivity in ways that recall postmosternist theory"--Provided by publisher.
9781461952411
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism. Subjectivity in literature. African Americans--Intellectual life. Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.