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''Oreo'' is a [[picaresque novel]], that revolvesrevolving around ourits eponymous picaroon. The work, Oreo.with Itits iswitty acritiques fictionalof talesocial attitudes about the adventuresrace and conflictsethnicity, she also can be characterized as [[Menippean satire|Menippean Satire]]. ''Oreo''<nowiki/>'s heroine faces onvarious adventures and conflicts during her search for her long-absent father. ItSome have said the work falls under the category of [[Post-soul|Post-Soul]] Aesthetic, modern works that expands upon the possibilities of the Black experience, andif arguablynot the [[Trey Ellis#Genre|New Black Aesthetic]], works that describesdescribing the black experience from the perspective of the culturally-hybrid, second-generation middle class. The comedic style of the novel helps to subvert the trope of the "tragic mulatto" and position Oreo as a "thriving hybrid".

[[Category:PicaresqueAmerican picaresque novels]]