Black on black : twentieth-century African American writing about Africa /

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Black on Black provides the first comprehensive analysis of the modern African American literary response to Africa, from W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk to Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Combining cutting-edge theory, extensive historical and archival research, and close readin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gruesser, John Cullen, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
Temas:
1900-1999
African Americans > Attitudes > History > 20th century.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > African influences.
Literature and history > United States > History > 20th century.
Public opinion > United States > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Attitudes > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Influence africaine.
Littérature et histoire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Opinion publique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
African Americans > Attitudes.
American literature.
American literature > African American authors.
Literature.
Literature and history.
Public opinion.
Public opinion, American.
Africa > Foreign public opinion, American > History > 20th century.
Africa > In literature.
Afrique > Dans la littérature.
Africa.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Black on Black provides the first comprehensive analysis of the modern African American literary response to Africa, from W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk to Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Combining cutting-edge theory, extensive historical and archival research, and close readings of individual texts, Gruesser reveals the diversity of the African American response to Countee Cullen's question, ""What is Africa to Me?""John Gruesser uses the concept of Ethiopianism--the biblically inspired belief that black Americans would someday lead Africans and people of the diaspora to a brig
Notas:NotesWorks Cited; Index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (230 pages)
ISBN:9780813158808
081315880X
1322596743
9781322596747
0813121639
9780813121635

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