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Teju Cole and Ralph Ellison’s aesthetics of invisibility

Reese, S. V. H. and Kingston-Reese, A. (2016) Teju Cole and Ralph Ellison’s aesthetics of invisibility. Mosaic: an Interdisciplinary Critical Journal. 50(4), pp. 103-119. 0027-1276. (Accepted)

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Abstract:
Considering ‘invisibility’ as both subject matter and aestheticizing mode of experience, this essay uses the case studies of two American novels - Teju Cole’s Open City (2011) and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (1952) - to explore how a culturally specific, racially charged, subject is mapped outwards to occupy a broader aesthetic realm.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Aesthetics, literature and music, literature and photography, African American Literature
Subjects:
P Language and Literature > PR English literature > PR8309 English literature: Provincial, local, etc. > PR9387.9 Nigerian literature
P Language and Literature > PS American literature > PS700 Individual authors > PS3550 1961-2000
Creators:
Reese, S. V. H. and Kingston-Reese, A.
Publisher:
Project MUSE
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Date:
6 August 2016
Date Type:
Acceptance
Page Range:
pp. 103-119
Journal or Publication Title:
Mosaic: an Interdisciplinary Critical Journal
Volume:
50
Number:
4
Language:
English
ISSN:
0027-1276
Status:
Accepted
Refereed:
Yes
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