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Intro
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue. Portrait of a Petit Marionette
Introduction. Etiology of the Black Male Literary Text
Chapter 1. On Frederick Douglass and the Image of the Negro
Chapter 2. Ralph Ellison, Fictive Authority, and Existential Heroism: Magic and the Prestige in Invisible Man
Interlude. Some Notes along the Way
Chapter 3. Colson Whitehead's "Dark Matter" Prophecy
Chapter 4. Cecil Brown: The Functional Negro and the Rise of "Jiveass Nigger"
Conclusion. An Etiology of an Ending
Epilogue. Petit Marionette in the Black Box
Notes
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue. Portrait of a Petit Marionette
Introduction. Etiology of the Black Male Literary Text
Chapter 1. On Frederick Douglass and the Image of the Negro
Chapter 2. Ralph Ellison, Fictive Authority, and Existential Heroism: Magic and the Prestige in Invisible Man
Interlude. Some Notes along the Way
Chapter 3. Colson Whitehead's "Dark Matter" Prophecy
Chapter 4. Cecil Brown: The Functional Negro and the Rise of "Jiveass Nigger"
Conclusion. An Etiology of an Ending
Epilogue. Petit Marionette in the Black Box
Notes
Index