At home in diaspora : Black international writing /
In At Home in Diaspora, Wendy W. Walters investigates the work of Chester Himes, Michelle Cliff, and other twentieth-century black international writers who have lived in and written from countries they do not call home. Walters suggests that in the absence of a recoverable land of origin, the idea...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2005.
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Colección: | Critical American studies series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In At Home in Diaspora, Wendy W. Walters investigates the work of Chester Himes, Michelle Cliff, and other twentieth-century black international writers who have lived in and written from countries they do not call home. Walters suggests that in the absence of a recoverable land of origin, the idea of diaspora comes to represent a home that is not singular or exclusionary. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 171 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0816644918 9780816644919 0816644926 9780816644926 9780816696802 0816696802 |