Cultural Narratives Passed On: African American Mourning Stories.

Holloway, Karla F. C.

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Publication Date: 1997

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Cultural Narratives Passed On: African American Mourning Stories.

Holloway, Karla F. C.

College English, v59 n1 p32-40 Jan 1997

Rehearses some 20th-century narratives as they have appeared in United States history and as they have been represented in African-American literature. Suggests that some of these narratives are insufficiently critical in their construction of stereotypes or in their over-romanticized notions of racial memory, which mask the complications of color and racial identity in the United States. (TB)

Descriptors: Autobiographies, Black Culture, Black Literature, Blacks, Critical Thinking, Death, Ethnic Stereotypes, Grief, Higher Education, Personal Narratives, United States History, United States Literature

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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