In this essay I theorize the relationship between African-American
subjectivity and American identity. I suggest that American fiction and
American culture are framed by the invisibility of African-American
subject. Specifically I elaborate upon a theory of African-American
subjectivity and I use Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and Toni Morrison’s
The Bluest Eye to frame my inquiry into African-American subjectivity
Ellison and Morrison effectively dramatize the “invisible” nature of
African-American subjectivity, and this is their philosophical contribution:
they articulate a post-empiricist and post-positivist account of
African-American subjectivity
