Allusion and Misdirection
Himes, "Meiosis," and Everett's erasure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5246797 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joe Weixlmann (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 145-156 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African American Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-4783 • E-ISSN: 1945-6182 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/afa.2016.0028 |
| OpenAlex | W2471187739 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
In this article, I seek both to sketch Percival Everett’s use in erasure of Chester Himes’s If He Hollers Let Him Go and to illuminate the curious section of erasure that appears under the heading “Àppropos de bottes,” in which the names of Himes and Bob Jones, the protagonist of If He Hollers, appear. I contend that these allusions, along with an array of others, are crucial to understanding the significance of the episode in its own right and to connecting the tale in meaningful ways to the larger novel and to My Pafology/Fuck, the book’s novel-within-the-novel
Allusion · Art · Art history · Erasure · Literature · Sketch · Computer Science · Contemporary Cultural and Social Studies · Contemporary Literature and Criticism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |