A Genealogy of Literary Multiculturalism /

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As an anthropology student studying with Franz Boas, Zora Neale Hurston recorded African American folklore in rural central Florida, studied hoodoo in New Orleans and voodoo in Haiti, talked with the last ex-slave to survive the Middle Passage, and collected music from Jamaica. Her ethnographic work...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Douglas, Christopher, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Minderheitenliteratur
Multiculturalism in literature.
Multiculturalism.
Minorities in literature.
Literature and anthropology.
Anthropology.
American literature > Minority authors.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Anthropologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Multiculturalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Litterature et anthropologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Multiculturalisme dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs issus des minorites > Histoire et critique.
Anthropology > United States > History > 20th century.
Multiculturalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Literature and anthropology > United States > History > 20th century.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
USA
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Zora Neale Hurston, D'Arcy McNickle, and the culture of anthropology
  • Richard Wright, Robert Park, and the literature of sociology
  • Jade Snow Wong, Ralph Ellison, and desegregation
  • John Okada and the sociology of internment
  • Americo Paredes and the folklore of the border
  • Toni Morrison, Frank Chin, and cultural nationalisms, 1965-1975
  • N. Scott Momaday : blood and identity
  • Ishmael Reed and the search for survivals
  • Gloria Anzaldúa, Aztlán, and Aztec survivals
  • Conclusion : the multicultural complex and the incoherence of literary multiculturalism.

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