Progress compromised : social movements and the individual in African American postmodern fiction / John L. Glenn.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Glenn, John, 1981- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. African Americans in literature. Race discrimination in literature. American fiction. American fiction > African American authors. 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	xi, 212 pages ; 23 cm
Variant Title:	Social movements and the individual in African American postmodern fiction
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction
Unraveling cultural notions: black progress in Colson Whitehead's The intuitionist
Restless questioning: anguish and the ethos of black struggle in Alice Walker's Meridian
Resisting consensus: class-driven politics in John Oliver Killens's The cotillion
Self-renewal through introspection: endless journeys, endless becoming in Toni Morrison's Tar baby
Conclusion.