Black on Black : Twentieth-Century African American Writing about Africa /

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Black on Black provides the first comprehensive analysis of the modern African American literary response to Africa, from W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk to Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Combining cutting-edge theory, extensive historical and archival research, and close readin...

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Main Author: Gruesser, John Cullen, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public opinion, American.
Public opinion.
Literature and history.
Literature.
American literature > African influences.
American literature > African American authors.
American literature.
African Americans > Attitudes.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Opinion publique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Litterature et histoire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Litterature americaine > Influence africaine.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Noirs americains > Attitudes > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Public opinion > United States > History > 20th century.
Literature and history > United States > History > 20th century.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
African Americans > Attitudes > History > 20th century.
United States.
Africa.
Afrique > Dans la litterature.
Africa > In literature.
Africa > Foreign public opinion, American > History > 20th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Black on Black provides the first comprehensive analysis of the modern African American literary response to Africa, from W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk to Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Combining cutting-edge theory, extensive historical and archival research, and close readings of individual texts, Gruesser reveals the diversity of the African American response to Countee Cullen's question, ""What is Africa to Me?""John Gruesser uses the concept of Ethiopianism--the biblically inspired belief that black Americans would someday lead Africans and people of the diaspora to a brig.
Item Description:NotesWorks Cited; Index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9780813158808

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