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Black Empire : The Masculine Global Imaginary of Caribbean Intellectuals in the United States, 1914-1962 /

Expores the writings of Marcus Garvey, Claude McKay and C.L.R. James and argues that these black transnationals articulated a novel conception of black identity that reconfigures the meaning of American nationality.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephens, Michelle Ann, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The new worldly Negro : sovereignty, revolutionary masculinity, and American internationalism
  • The woman of color and the literature of a new Black world
  • Marcus Garvey, Black emperor
  • The Black star line and the Negro ship of state
  • Claude McKay and Harlem, Black belt of the metropolis
  • "Nationality doubtful" and Banjo's crew in Marseilles
  • C.L.R. James and the fugitive slave in American civilization
  • America is one island only : the Caribbean and American studies.