Re-membering and surviving : African American fiction of the Vietnam War / Shirley A. James Hanshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanshaw, Shirley A. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American soldiers.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the war.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Heroes in literature.

American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

War stories, American--History and criticism.

War stories, American.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"A critical study of the black experience in the Vietnam War and its aftermath, this text interrogates the meaning of heroism based on models from African and African American novels: Captain Blackman (1972), John A. Williams; Tragic Magic (1978), Wesley Brown; Coming Home (1984), George Davis; and De Mojo Blues (1985), A. R. Flowers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. Historical and Literary Background

Chapter 2. Untangling a Paradoxical Web for the Black Warrior: The Anansean Motif in Captain Blackman

Chapter 3. Reading the Signs: Re-Membering the Legacy of Voodoo as Path to Empowerment in De Mojo Blues

Chapter 4. Playin' It by Ear: The "Jazzerly" Sound of Survival in Tragic Magic

Chapter 5. Transcending Abstractions by Re-Membering Self in George Davis's Coming Home

Epilogue

Appendix 1. Literary Representation of the African American Experience in Vietnam

Appendix 2. Visual and Musical Representation of the African American Experience in Vietnam.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62895-406-X

1-60917-645-6