The "dark Heathenism" of the American Novelist Ishmael Reed
Author | : Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : IND:30000095621334 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The "dark Heathenism" of the American Novelist Ishmael Reed by : Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure
Download or read book The "dark Heathenism" of the American Novelist Ishmael Reed written by Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Posits that Neo-HooDooism, an African Voodoo-derived aesthetic, evinces Ishmael Reed's post-colonial transformation of the English language, colonialist discourses, and imperial cultural systems into discourses of self-empowerment and self-representation.