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Author:

Glenn, John, 1981- author.

Title:

Progress compromised : social movements and the individual in African American postmodern fiction / John L. Glenn.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xi, 212 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
African Americans in literature.
Race discrimination in literature.
African Americans in literature.
American fiction.
American fiction--African American authors.
Race discrimination in literature.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Unraveling cultural notions: black progress in Colson Whitehead's The intuitionist -- Restless questioning: anguish and the ethos of black struggle in Alice Walker's Meridian -- Resisting consensus: class-driven politics in John Oliver Killens's The cotillion -- Self-renewal through introspection: endless journeys, endless becoming in Toni Morrison's Tar baby -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

0807169927
9780807169926

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1038043656

LCCN:

2018017801

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)