Arrange the publication of the following books in chronological order.
(A) The Location of Culture
(B) The Future of the Race
(C) Black Literature and Literary Theory
(D) The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism
(E) Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct option is D

The chronological order is:
Black Literature and Literary Theory – 1984
Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro- American Woman Novelist – 1987
The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism – 1988
The Location of Culture – 1994
The Future of the Race – 1996

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Black Literature and Literary Theory by Henry Louis Gates Jr. established critical methodologies for analyzing African-American literature.
Reconstructing Womanhood by Hazel Carby critically examined the role of black female novelists in shaping African-American cultural narratives.
The Signifying Monkey by Henry Louis Gates Jr. explored the use of African oral traditions in literary texts, particularly the concept of "signifying."
The Location of Culture by Homi Bhabha presented postcolonial themes such as mimicry, hybridity, and ambivalence.
The Future of the Race explored the ideological legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois's The Talented Tenth.