Cambridge Companion to Contemporary African American Literature

"African American literary production has changed in astounding ways since the 1970s. This book provides a systematic and vibrant account of the range and achievements of contemporary Black writers. It considers the history, practice, and future directions of the field"--

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Yogita Goyal; Part I. Histories of the Present: 1. African American Citizenship in the Post-Civil Rights Era Margo Crawford; 2. The Politics of Class Rolland Murray; 3. Rethinking Post-Racialism Aida Levy-Hussen; Part II. African American Genres: 4. Afro-Futurism and the Speculative Turn Madhu Dubey; 5. The Black Lyric Anthony Reed; 6. Neo-Slave Imaginaries Christopher Freeburg; 7. Incarceration and Confinement Literature Patrick Elliott Alexander; 8. Satire, Comedy, and Critique Derek Maus; 9. Popular Romance and Literary Undergrounds Aneeka Henderson; Part III. Mapping New Identities and Geographies: 10. Feminist Intersections Sheri Marie Harrison; 11. Queer Bodies in Time GerShun Avilez; 12. Global and Diasporic Worldmaking Nadia Ellis; Part IV. Critical Approaches: 13. African American Soundscapes Shana Redmond; 14. African American Literature and Visual Culture Hayley O'Malley; 15. The Affective Turn Lauren Michele Jackson; 16. Print Culture and Literary Sociology Kinohi Nishikawa; 17. Digital and New Media Cultures of Protest Marisa Parham.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Yogita Goyal is Professor of African American Studies and English at UCLA and author of Romance, Diaspora, and Black Atlantic Literature (2010) and Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery (2019; winner of ACLA's René Wellek Prize). She edited The Cambridge Companion to Transnational American Literature (2017) and has published widely on African diaspora, postcolonial, and US literature.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Yogita (University of California Goyal
• Mitarbeit: Yogita Goyal (Herausgeber), Yogita (University of California Goyal (Herausgeber), Goyal Yogita (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781009159722
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0915972-2
• Seiten: 320
• Serie: Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, Literary studies: from c 2000, Relating to African American / Black American people