Datcher Animating Black and Brown Liberation

A Theory of American Literatures
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4384-7341-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Offers a new framework for reading American literatures that critically links African American and Latinx traditions and struggles for liberation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Datcher, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Animacy Matters

1. A Matter of Body and Soul in The People of Paper and Mumbo Jumbo

2. Heroes and Hieroglyphics of the Flesh in The Salt Eaters and Heroes and Saints

3. Animating Anthologies and Firing the Canon in This Bridge Called My Back and June Jordan's Poetry for the People

4. Wanda Coleman and Kamau Daáood Sing the Blues for the Black Body

Coda: The World Stage Performance Gallery Moves

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Datcher is Assistant Professor of English at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of several books, including Raising Fences.