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245 10 a| Afro-surrealismh| [electronic resource] :b| the African diaspora's surrealist fiction /c| Rochelle Spencer.;

246 30 a| African diaspora's surrealist fiction;

260 a| London :a| New York :b| Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,c| 2020.;

300 a| 138 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

490 0 a| The cultural politics of media and popular culture;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: AfroSurrealism: A New Black Surrealism -- 1. Mat Johnson's Pym and Helen Oyeyemi's Boy Snow Bird: AfroSurrealism, Magical Realism, and the Psychology of Reimagining the Past -- 2. Edwidge Danticat's Claire of the Sea Light, Chris Abani's The Secret History of Las Vegas, and the AfroSurreal Grotesque -- 3. AfroSurreal and Afrofuturistic Cinematic Storytelling: Junot D©Ưaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Colson Whitehead's Zone One -- 4. The Postmodern Fables of Victor LaValle's Big Machine and Summer Brenner's Oakland Tales -- 5. Horror and Immortality in Tananarive Due's Ghost Summer, Nalo Hopkinson's Falling in Love with Hominids, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths' Woman After Her Last Wound -- Conclusion: Jeffery Renard Allen and Sustaining the Surreal Moment -- Appendix.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Examining the surrealist novels of several contemporary writers including Edwidge Danticat, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, Junot D©Ưaz, Helen Oyeyemi, and Colson Whitehead, AfroSurrealism, the first book-length exploration of AfroSurreal fiction, argues that we have entered a new and exciting era of the black novel, one that is more invested than ever before in the cross-sections of science, technology, history, folklore, and myth"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Afro-surrealism the African diaspora's surrealist fiction / Rochelle Spencer.

Author/creator	Spencer, Rochelle
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	London : New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Description	138 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
Subjects	American fiction--African American authors. --History and criticism. Fiction--Black authors. --History and criticism. Afrosurrealism.

Portion of title	African diaspora's surrealist fiction
Series	The cultural politics of media and popular culture
Contents	Introduction: AfroSurrealism: A New Black Surrealism -- 1. Mat Johnson's Pym and Helen Oyeyemi's Boy Snow Bird: AfroSurrealism, Magical Realism, and the Psychology of Reimagining the Past -- 2. Edwidge Danticat's Claire of the Sea Light, Chris Abani's The Secret History of Las Vegas, and the AfroSurreal Grotesque -- 3. AfroSurreal and Afrofuturistic Cinematic Storytelling: Junot D©Ưaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Colson Whitehead's Zone One -- 4. The Postmodern Fables of Victor LaValle's Big Machine and Summer Brenner's Oakland Tales -- 5. Horror and Immortality in Tananarive Due's Ghost Summer, Nalo Hopkinson's Falling in Love with Hominids, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths' Woman After Her Last Wound -- Conclusion: Jeffery Renard Allen and Sustaining the Surreal Moment -- Appendix.
Abstract	"Examining the surrealist novels of several contemporary writers including Edwidge Danticat, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, Junot D©Ưaz, Helen Oyeyemi, and Colson Whitehead, AfroSurrealism, the first book-length exploration of AfroSurreal fiction, argues that we have entered a new and exciting era of the black novel, one that is more invested than ever before in the cross-sections of science, technology, history, folklore, and myth"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2019041339
ISBN	9781138504059 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN	(ebook)

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