The Death-Bound-Subject: Richard Wright's Archaeology of Death

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Author: Abdul R. JanMohamed

ISBN-10: 0822334763

ISBN-13: 9780822334767

Category: American & Canadian Literature

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A literary exploration of the prevalence of death—its connection to political oppression and its use as salvation—in Richard Wright’s work.

1Introduction : the culture of social-death12Uncle Tom's children : dialectics of death453Native son : symbolic-death774Black boy : negation of death-bound-subjectivity1385The outsider : patricidal desires1756Savage holiday : matricide and infanticide2107The long dream : death and the paternal function2338Renegotiating the death contract266