The Diasporan Self: Unbreaking the Circle in Western Black Novels

by Janice Greene

Through its critical examination of novels by Toni Morrison, Charles Johnson, Sherley Anne Williams, Octavia Butler, John Edgar Wideman, Phyllis Perry, Ishmael Reed, Caryl Phillips, and others, The Diasporan Self presents a fresh and insightful approach to canonical and noncanonical contemporary fictional slave narratives. Through his careful study of the discourse of this subgenre, J. Lee Greene formulates a significant new approach to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813927404
• ISBN13: 9780813927404
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary