A spirit of dialogue: incarnations of Ogbanje, the born-to-die, in African American literature

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Auteur principal: Okonkwo, Christopher N. (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Knoxville, Tenn. The University of Tennessee Press [2008]
Dans:Année: 2008
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B USA / Noirs / Littérature / Animisme (Motif) / Mort (Motif)
B Nigeria / Littérature / Animisme (Motif) / Mort (Motif)
Sujets non-standardisés:B English literature 20th century History and criticism
B English literature History and criticism 20th century
B Myth in literature
B Mourning customs in literature
B African Americans Intellectual life
B African Americans in literature
B American literature African American authors History and criticism
B Death in literature
Description
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction: an aesthetic (re)mark on the spirit child -- Ogbanje and Abiku: contexts, conceptualizations, and two West African literary archetypes -- Chinua Achebe, the (neo)slave narrative, the nationalist aesthetic, and African American (re)visions of the spirit child -- Of power, protest, and revolution: wild seed and mind of my mind -- Binary nativity, subjectivity, and the wages of (in)fidelity to "origins": The between -- Mediating character, theme, and narration: "Ogbanje" as hermeneutics in the cattle killing -- Sula, Beloved, and the constructive synchrony of good and evil -- Epilogue: this blues called Ogbanje
ISBN:1572336153