Raising the Dead
Subtitle: Readings of Death and (Black) Subjectivity (New Americanists)
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: December 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780822324997
Subjects: Cultural studies; Ethnic studies; Gay & Lesbian studies; Gender studies; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Social & cultural anthropology; Literature - Classics / Criticism; General; Death; Social aspects; Literary Criticism; History: American; USA; History; American - African American; American - African American & Black; Death & Dying; Minority Studies - General; African American Studies; American Studies; Gay & Lesbian Studies/Queer Th; United States; American fiction; 20th century; Death in literature; History and criticism
First sentence: Orlando Patterson's landmark observations in Slavery and Social Death provide a cornerstone for the discussion of marginality, blackness, and death throughout this chapter.