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Published on: 2006-05-18
Released on: 2006-05-18
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With close readings of more than twenty novels by writers including Ernest Gaines, Toni Morrison, Charles Johnson, Gloria Naylor, and John Edgar Wideman, Keith Byerman examines the trend among African American novelists of the late twentieth century to write about black history rather than about their own present. Employing cultural criticism and trauma theory, Byerman frames these works as survivor narratives that rewrite the grand American narrative of individual achievement and the march of democracy. The choice to write historical narratives, he says, must be understood historically. These writers earned widespread recognition for their writing in the 1980s, a period of African American commercial success, as well as the economic decline of the black working class and an increase in black-on-black crime. Byerman contends that a shared experience of suffering joins African American individuals in a group identity, and writing about the past serves as an act of resistance against essentialist ideas of black experience shaping the cultural discourse of the present. Byerman demonstrates that these novels disrupt the temptation in American society to engage history only to limit its significance or to crown successful individuals while forgetting the victims. Was the First Slave Owner African American? - Myth Debunk Was the First American Slave Owner a Black Man? We research this claim for accuracy and provide insight into a small part of the history of slavery. History Matters Search - George Mason University American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library Library of Congress American Memory. This expansive archive of American history and culture ... MAAH Exhibits - On View The Museum of African American History is dedicated to preserving conserving and accurately interpreting the contributions of African ... Movies - Salon.com Art imitates life: Cant bear to watch the Inauguration? Check out these political dystopian films instead. The dark and cynical "A Face in the Crowd" won't make ... AWP: Conference The AWP Conference & Bookfair is an essential annual destination for writers teachers students editors and publishers. Each year more than 12000 attendees join ... Teen Book Reviews - YA Books Central Discover new books and write reviews on YABooksCentral.com the only social network devoted to young adult and children's books. Check out our giveaways and exclusive ... Beloved (novel) - Wikipedia Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War (18611865) it is inspired by the story of an African American slave Freedom Movement Bibliography Civil Rights Movement bibliography ... Freedom Movement Bibliography. See also: Books Written by Freedom Movement Veterans Perspectives on African American History The Black Past ... Perspectives on African American History features accounts and descriptions of important but little known events in African American and Global African history ... The TIA 100 - Best Books 2010-2014 - This Is Africa This is Africa's 100 Best Books in fiction poetry memoir and non-fiction published between 2010 and 2014 selected by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah Oris Aigbokhaevbolo ...
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