Precarious passages : the diasporic imagination in contemporary Black Anglophone fiction /

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Drawing from Caribbean, U.S., Canadian, and British novels, Tuire Valkeakari examines how fiction written in English contributes to and comments upon the continuing transnational constructions of black diasporic identity. Valkeakari argues for the critical role that secular culture in general and fi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Valkeakari, Tuire (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
Temas:
English literature > Black authors > History and criticism.
Caribbean literature > Black authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > Black authors > History and criticism.
Black people in literature.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs noirs > Histoire et critique.
Littérature antillaise > Auteurs noirs > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > Auteurs noirs > Histoire et critique.
Personnes noires dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
Black people in literature
Caribbean literature > Black authors
English literature > Black authors
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: passages to (be)longing
  • An African American journey to black diasporic consciousness: Charles Johnson's middle passage
  • Early black Atlantic crossing: Lawrence Hill's the book of negroes
  • War, trauma, displacement, diaspora: Toni Morrison's and Caryl Phillips's African American soldiers
  • Journeys to the heart of empire after World War II: George Lamming's, Caryl Phillips's, and Andrea Levy's Caribbean migrants
  • Roots, routes, and returns: Caryl Phillips's, Cecil Foster's, and Edwidge Danticat's Caribbean returnees.

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