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Black Metafiction: Self-Consciousness in African American Literature
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1998
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Literary TheoryCritical Race TheoryAfrican LiteratureOther Eurocentric TheoriesLiterary StudiesBlack ExperienceAfrican American HistoryCultural StudiesSocial SciencesAmerican LiteratureLiterary CriticismAfrican American StudiesAfrican American LiteratureLanguage StudiesBlack Feminist TheoryBlack MetafictionLiterary StudyAnglo-american LiteratureCritical TheoryAfrican Humanities
Examines the tradition of self-consciousness in African American literature. The book points to the shortcomings of theories of metafiction founded on studies of Anglo-American literature. It analyzes and evaluates these theories, providing a model for the evaluation of other Eurocentric theories.