The Signifying Monkey
1988 book by Henry Louis Gates Jr. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the mythological figure, see Signifying monkey.
The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism is a work of literary criticism and theory by the American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. first published in 1988. The book traces the folkloric origins of the African-American cultural practice of "signifying" and uses the concept of signifyin(g) to analyze the interplay between texts of prominent African-American writers, specifically Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston and Ishmael Reed.
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Author | Henry Louis Gates Jr. |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 1988 |
Pages | 320 |
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Gates' title alludes to the song "Signifyin' Monkey" by Oscar Brown, recorded in 1960.