Reckless Eyeballing (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ishmael Reed
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Caribbean, Politics, Racism, New York City, 1980’s, Feminism, Punishment, Drama or dramatists, Nazism or Nazis, Theater
- Locales: Caribbean, New York, NY, Georgia, Islands, New Oyo, Caribbean
As in Flight to Canada, the title of Reckless Eyeballing is the name of a work within the novel, written by the main character. Ian Ball, a southern black playwright, has been “sex-listed”—that is, blacklisted as sexist—by the feminist critics who control New York theater. In an attempt to redeem himself, he has written a play called Reckless Eyeballing, which caters to feminist views.
Ian Ball bears some resemblance to Reed, who dabbled in playwriting in the 1980's, though he is clearly not Reed's point-of-view character. In a carefully controlled...
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