The signifying monkey :: a theory of African American literary criticism /
Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as ""eclectic, exciting, convincing, provocative"" and in The Washington Post Book World as ""brilliantly original, "" Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s The Signifying Monkey is a groundbreaking work that illuminates the re...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as ""eclectic, exciting, convincing, provocative"" and in The Washington Post Book World as ""brilliantly original, "" Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s The Signifying Monkey is a groundbreaking work that illuminates the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature. It elaborates a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Examining the ancient poetry and myths found in African, Latin American, and Caribbean culture, Gates uncovers a unique system for in |
| Beschreibung: | Includes index. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 318 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| contents | Preface to the Twenty-Fifth-Anniversary Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction: Hip-Hop and the Fate of Signifying -- A Myth of Origins: Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey -- The Signifying Monkey and the Language of Signifyin(g): Rhetorical Difference and the Orders of Meaning -- Figures of Signification -- The Trope of the Talking Book -- Zora Neale Hurston and the Speakerly Text -- On "The Blackness of Blackness": Ishmael Reed and a Critique of the Sign -- Color Me Zora: Alice Walker's (Re)Writing of the Speakerly Text -- Afterword to the Twenty-Fifth-Anniversary Edition: Skipping Gates and Breaching Walls. |
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| spelling | Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81146304 The signifying monkey : a theory of African American literary criticism / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Twenty-fifth-anniversary edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. ©2014 1 online resource (xxxiii, 318 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface to the Twenty-Fifth-Anniversary Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction: Hip-Hop and the Fate of Signifying -- A Myth of Origins: Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey -- The Signifying Monkey and the Language of Signifyin(g): Rhetorical Difference and the Orders of Meaning -- Figures of Signification -- The Trope of the Talking Book -- Zora Neale Hurston and the Speakerly Text -- On "The Blackness of Blackness": Ishmael Reed and a Critique of the Sign -- Color Me Zora: Alice Walker's (Re)Writing of the Speakerly Text -- Afterword to the Twenty-Fifth-Anniversary Edition: Skipping Gates and Breaching Walls. Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as ""eclectic, exciting, convincing, provocative"" and in The Washington Post Book World as ""brilliantly original, "" Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s The Signifying Monkey is a groundbreaking work that illuminates the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature. It elaborates a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Examining the ancient poetry and myths found in African, Latin American, and Caribbean culture, Gates uncovers a unique system for in Includes index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 04, 2023). American literature African American authors History and criticism Theory, etc. American literature African influences. African Americans Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004344 Mythology, African, in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94006725 African Americans in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002009 Oral tradition United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007779 African Americans Folklore. Criticism United States. African Americans Folklore. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001953 Littérature américaine Influence africaine. Noirs américains Vie intellectuelle. Mythologie africaine dans la littérature. Noirs américains dans la littérature. Tradition orale États-Unis. Noirs américains Folklore. Critique États-Unis. LITERARY CRITICISM American General. bisacsh African Americans fast African Americans in literature fast African Americans Intellectual life fast American literature African influences fast Criticism fast Mythology, African, in literature fast Oral tradition fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast Folklore fast has work: The signifying monkey (Work) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFGJT8yq6b8rhBH86hRrpX https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Gates Jr., Henry Louis. Signifying Monkey. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014 9780195136470 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=802354 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Gates, Henry Louis, Jr The signifying monkey : a theory of African American literary criticism / Preface to the Twenty-Fifth-Anniversary Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction: Hip-Hop and the Fate of Signifying -- A Myth of Origins: Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey -- The Signifying Monkey and the Language of Signifyin(g): Rhetorical Difference and the Orders of Meaning -- Figures of Signification -- The Trope of the Talking Book -- Zora Neale Hurston and the Speakerly Text -- On "The Blackness of Blackness": Ishmael Reed and a Critique of the Sign -- Color Me Zora: Alice Walker's (Re)Writing of the Speakerly Text -- Afterword to the Twenty-Fifth-Anniversary Edition: Skipping Gates and Breaching Walls. American literature African American authors History and criticism Theory, etc. American literature African influences. African Americans Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004344 Mythology, African, in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94006725 African Americans in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002009 Oral tradition United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007779 African Americans Folklore. Criticism United States. African Americans Folklore. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001953 Littérature américaine Influence africaine. Noirs américains Vie intellectuelle. Mythologie africaine dans la littérature. Noirs américains dans la littérature. Tradition orale États-Unis. Noirs américains Folklore. Critique États-Unis. LITERARY CRITICISM American General. bisacsh African Americans fast African Americans in literature fast African Americans Intellectual life fast American literature African influences fast Criticism fast Mythology, African, in literature fast Oral tradition fast |
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| topic | American literature African American authors History and criticism Theory, etc. American literature African influences. African Americans Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004344 Mythology, African, in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94006725 African Americans in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002009 Oral tradition United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007779 African Americans Folklore. Criticism United States. African Americans Folklore. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001953 Littérature américaine Influence africaine. Noirs américains Vie intellectuelle. Mythologie africaine dans la littérature. Noirs américains dans la littérature. Tradition orale États-Unis. Noirs américains Folklore. Critique États-Unis. LITERARY CRITICISM American General. bisacsh African Americans fast African Americans in literature fast African Americans Intellectual life fast American literature African influences fast Criticism fast Mythology, African, in literature fast Oral tradition fast |
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