Download or read book Postmodern Tales of Slavery in the Americas written by Timothy J. Cox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike 19th century slave narratives, many recent novel-like texts about slavery deploy ironic narrative strategies, innovative structural features, and playful cruelty. This study analyzes the postmodern aesthetics common to seven tales of slavery from the United States, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, Cuba, abd Colombia from authors including Alejo Carpentier, Miguel Barnet, Toni Morrison, and Charles Johnson.