Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction:Looking for Discursive Space in Richard Wright's ""No Man's Land""
  • Chapter 1. James Baldwin-Rewriting from the Closet: Looking for Discursive Space in Giovanni's Room
  • Chapter 2. Alice Walker-Finding Discursive Space in The Aesthetic Realm: The Third Life of Grange Copeland
  • Chapter 3. John Edgar Wideman-Philadelphia Fire: Fighting the Battle to Define Reality
  • Chapter 4. Ernest Gaines-A Lesson About Manhood: Appropriating ""The Word"" in A Lesson Before Dying
  • Epilogue:Establishing Ne