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Title: Oxherding Tale by Charles Johnson ISBN: 0-452-27503-2 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: September, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A new approach to an old tale
Comment: This novel moves African-American literature beyond African American, and ironically by way of it's oldest from, the slave narrative. Using his strong philosophical background in eastern religions and texts, Johnson appies Bhuddist and Taoist ideas of the self to deal with the concept of race in America. This book operates on many levels, some we've seen before in African American texts, which he uses as a backdrop for his transcendence of the slave narrrative's limitations. Incorporating these eastern influences into the novel sheds new light on the search for racial identity, and gender identity of the biracial chimera that narrates the tale. Johnson keeps the many ideas and happenings of the novel from being overbearing with a wonderful humor. The combinations of texts, and cultures make the reader reevaluate the very concept of race, and its history in America. An enlightening and very entertaining read, I highly reccommend it. (I save 5 stars for classics)
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Title: MIDDLE PASSAGE by Charles Johnson ISBN: 0684855887 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Faith And The Good Thing by Charles Johnson ISBN: 0743212541 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 10 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Dessa Rose : A Novel by Sherley A. Williams ISBN: 0688166431 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 03 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Beloved by Toni Morrison ISBN: 0452280621 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing by Charles Johnson ISBN: 0743243242 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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