{"product_id":"re-forming-the-past-history-the-fantastic-the-postmodern-slave-narrative-paperback-1","title":"Re-Forming the Past: History, the Fantastic, \u0026 the Postmodern Slave Narrative - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. Timothy Spaulding\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe slave experience was a defining one in American history, and not surprisingly, has been a significant and powerful trope in African American literature. In \u003ci\u003eRe-Forming the Past\u003c\/i\u003e, A. Timothy Spaulding examines contemporary revisions of slave narratives that use elements of the fantastic to redefine the historical and literary constructions of American slavery. In their rejection of mimetic representation \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e traditional historiography, postmodern slave narratives such as Ishmael Reed's \u003ci\u003eFlight to Canada, \u003c\/i\u003e Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e, Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Johnson's \u003ci\u003eOx Herding Tale\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage, \u003c\/i\u003e Jewelle Gomez's \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e and Samuel Delaney's \u003ci\u003eStars in My Pocket like Grains of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e set out to counter the usual slave narrative's reliance on realism and objectivity by creating alternative histories based on subjective, fantastic, and non-realistic representations of slavery. As these texts critique traditional conceptions of history, identity, and aesthetic form, they simultaneously re-invest these concepts with a political agency that harkens back to the original project of the 19th-century slave narratives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In their rejection of mimetic representation and traditional historiography, Spaulding contextualizes postmodern slave narrative. By addressing both literary and popular African American texts, \u003ci\u003eRe-Forming the Past\u003c\/i\u003e expands discussions of both the African American literary tradition and postmodern culture.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703799247155,"sku":"9780814258392","price":60.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NlZOdnVMaEtwME9GZ3B0Y1dFTXdFUT09_c902e1c8-09c7-476f-bf51-c01d31cf5ac2.webp?v=1763340937","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/re-forming-the-past-history-the-fantastic-the-postmodern-slave-narrative-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}