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Southscapes : Geographies of Race, Region, and Literature /

"By interpreting segregation as the central experience for twenty-first century southern literature (just as slavery was for an earlier generation of writers) and by theorizing the interconnected aspects of racial and spatial constructions in the formation of the nation, Davis shows us a way to...

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Auteur principal: Davis, Thadious M., 1944- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"By interpreting segregation as the central experience for twenty-first century southern literature (just as slavery was for an earlier generation of writers) and by theorizing the interconnected aspects of racial and spatial constructions in the formation of the nation, Davis shows us a way to understand black space--social, spatial, and artistic arenas of creativity--not just in terms of exclusion and of pushing back/reacting against, but as sites of memory and imagination far beyond wounds and danger"--Provided by publisher.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (472 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469602554