Problem of Embodiment in Early African American Narrative

Offering a revolutionary way of reading 19th-century slave narratives, Fishburn seeks to recover the philosophical foundations of African American literature. Underlying slave narrative is an expression of the problem of physical embodiment; that is, the dualistic thinking of the mind-body division. Fishburn's work uncovers the tension between needing to acknowledge the fact of human embodiment and wishing to overcome its consequences in a racist society. One of the strongest points made by this pioneering work is the controversial claim that these slave narratives offer one of the most telling, if largely overlooked, pre-Heideggerian critiques of liberal humanism ever attempted in the West.

• | Author: Katherine Fishburn
• | Publisher: Praeger
• | Publication Date: Jun 30, 1997
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0313303592
• | ISBN-13: 9780313303593