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A Case of Mis-Taken Identity: Detective Undercurrents in Recent African American Fiction

A Case of Mis-Taken Identity: Detective Undercurrents in Recent African American Fiction

Daemmrich, Horst
Lock, Helen

Hardcover

Series: Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature, Book 9

English as a Second LanguageLiterary CriticismAnthropology

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ISBN10: 0820423823
ISBN13: 9780820423821
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Oct 1 1994
Pages: 147
Language: English
The detective story, staple of Western popular culture, has undergone a transformation in recent African American fiction. In the work of Ishmael Reed, Toni Morrison, and Ralph Ellison, among others, a pattern of detection emerges which has its roots in African mythology and aesthetics. The traditionally marginal figure of the victim here takes center stage, and the investigation focuses not on whodunit? but on how to undo it: how to invalidate the victimization by resurrecting the victim as a fully autonomous, de-marginalized figure.

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