Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents viii
3. Preface x
4. Chapter 1. Literary production: a silence in Afro-American critical practice 1
5. Chapter 2.The dominant American literary establishment and the production of the Afro-American text 23
6. Chapter 3. Sixties' Social Movements, The Literary Establishment, And The Production Of The Afro-American Text 48
7. Chapter 4. History, The Black Nationalist Discourse, And The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman 64
8. Chapter 5. History, The Feminist Discourse, And The Third Life Of Grange Copeland 86
9. Chapter 6. History, The Blues Idiom Style, And Train Whistle Guitar 107
10. Chapter 7. The Song Of Morrison's Sula: History, Mythical Thought, And The Production Of The Afro-American Historical Past 132
11. Chapter 8. The Post-Sixties, The Ideological Apparatus, And The Afro-American Text 158
12. Notes 174
13. Bibliography 183
14. Index 187