LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Historiographic Metafiction And The Neo-slave Narrative
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9783659478802
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9783659478802
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Historiographic Metafiction And The Neo-slave Narrative
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The classic slave narrative recounted a fugitive slave's personal story condemning slavery and hence working towards abolition. The neo-slave narrative underlines the slave's historical legacy by unveiling the past through foregrounding African Atlantic experiences in an attempt to create a critical historiography of the Black Atlantic. The neo-slave narrative is a genre that emerged following World War II and presents us with a dialogue combining the history of 1970 - 2000. In this book I seek to explore how the contemporary counter-part of the classic slave narrative draws, reflects or diverges from the general conventions of its predecessor. I argue that by scrutinizing our notion of truth, the neo-slave narrative remains a relevant, important witness to the history of slavery as well as to today's still racialized society. The historiographic metafiction of the neo-slave narrative rewrites history with the goal of digesting the past and ultimately leading to future reconciliation.
| Author: Christiane Hawkins |
| Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing |
| Publication Date: Oct 23, 2013 |
| Number of Pages: 76 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 3659478806 |
| ISBN-13: 9783659478802 |
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