Civil rights and the environment in African-American literature, 1895-1941 /

"The beginning of the 20th century marked a new phase of the battle for civil rights in America. But many of the era's most important African-American writers were also acutely aware of the importance of environmental justice to the struggle. Civil Rights and the Environment in African-Ame...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Claborn, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
Colección:Environmental cultures series ; 11.
Temas:
1800-1999
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Ecology in literature.
Environmentalism in literature.
Civil rights in literature.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Environnementalisme dans la littérature.
Droits de l'homme dans la littérature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
Literary studies: from c 1900.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
American literature > African American authors
Civil rights in literature
Ecology in literature
Environmentalism in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Up from nature: racial uplift and ecological agencies in Booker T. Washington's autobiographies
  • W.E.B. Du Bois at the Grand Canyon: nature, history, and race in A darkwater
  • The crisis, the politics of nature, and the Harlem Renaissance: Effie Lee Newsome's eco-poetics
  • Sawmills and swamps: ecological collectives in Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and men and Their eyes were watching God
  • From black Marxism to industrial ecosystem: racial and ecological crisis in William Attaway's Blood on the forge
  • Conclusion.

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