A Case of Mis-Taken Identity : Detective Undercurrents in Recent African American Fiction
by
Helen Lock
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature
ISBN-10
0820423823
ISBN-13
9780820423821
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 1st, 1994
Print length
147 Pages
Weight
388 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 23.60 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: from c 1900 -Society & culture: general
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The detective story, staple of Western popular culture, has undergone a transformation in recent African American fiction. In the work of Ishmael Reed, Toni Morrison, and Ralph Ellison, among others, a pattern of detection emerges which has its roots in African mythology and aesthetics. The traditionally marginal figure of the victim here takes center stage, and the investigation focuses not on «whodunit?» but on how to undo it: how to invalidate the victimization by resurrecting the victim as a fully autonomous, de-marginalized figure.
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