Abdul R Janmohamed

The Death-Bound-Subject

Richard Wright's Archaeology of Death

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Produktbeschreibung

A literary exploration of the prevalence of death--its connection to political oppression and its use as salvation--in Richard Wright's work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780822334880
• ISBN-10: 0822334887
• Artikelnr.: 22099035

Autorenporträt

Abdul R. JanMohamed

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
1. Introduction: the Culture of Social-Death 1
2. Uncle Tom's Children: Dialectics of Death 45
3. Native Son: Symbolic-Death 77
4. Black Boy: Negation of Death-Bound-Subjectivity 138
5. The Outsider: Patricidal Desires 175
6. Savage Holiday: Matricide and Infanticide 210
7. The Long Dream: Death and the Paternal Function 233
8. Renegotiating the Death Contract 266
Notes 301
Works Cited 317
Index 323