South of Tradition

Essays on African American Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8203-2433-3
Verlag: University of Georgia Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This work aims to show the vibrancy of African American literary creation across several decades of the 20th century. It addresses themes of sexual and racial identity, reconceptualizations of and transcendence of Christianity, and analyzes African American folk and cultural traditions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, Trudier

Über Autor(innen)

Trudier Harris-Lopez is J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is co-editor of The Oxford Companion to African American Literature, and author of The Power of the Porch (Georgia), and Fiction and Folklore: The Novels of Toni Morrisson.