Black Regions of the Imagination : African American Writers between the Nation and the World /

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"Focusing on literature produced between the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement (1930-1970), in Black Regions of the Imagination explores how Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Chester Himes and James Baldwin consistently represent black Americans within both national and internati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dunbar, Eve, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ethnology in literature.
American literature > African American authors.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Ethnologie dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Becoming American through Ethnographic Writing: Zora Neale Hurston and the Performance of Ethnography; 2. Escape through Ethnography: Literary Regionalism and the Image of Nonracial Alignment in Richard Wright's Travel Writing; 3. Deconstructing the Romance of Ethnography: Queering Knowledge in James Baldwin's Another Count; 4. Ethnography of the Absurd: Chester Himes's Detective Fiction and Counterimages of Black Life; Conclusion: Look Down! The Black Arts Affirmation of Place and the Refusal to Translate.

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