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Zusatztext Richard Wright in a Post-Racial Imaginary represents an unyielding collection of essays that challenges paradigmatic readings of Richard Wright's genius. This twenty-first century text asks that we re-examine Wright’s most well-known texts, proposing that some of his lesser-known and unpublished texts illuminate Wright as a more complex intellectual than previous studies explore. By placing Richard Wright in the context of twenty-first century post-racial ideology and theory, Richard Wright in a Post-Racial Imaginary raises many highly provocative questions that should certainly ignite a new dialogue around his intellectual transformation from Mississippi, Memphis, Chicago, and New York to a global arena in Mexico, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Informationen zum Autor William E. Dow is Professor of American Literature at Université Paris-Est (UPEM), France, and Professor of English at the American University of Paris, France. His previous publications include, as co-editor, Richard Wright: New Readings in the 21st Century (2011). He is an Associate Editor of Literary Journalism Studies . Alice Mikal Craven is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature and Chair of Film Studies at the American University of Paris, France. She is co-editor of Richard Wright: New Readings in the 21st Century (2011). Yoko Nakamura is a graduate student at the University of Iowa, USA. Klappentext In African American fiction, Richard Wright was one of the most significant and influential authors of the twentieth century. Richard Wright in a Post-Racial Imaginary analyses Wright's work in relation to contemporary racial and social issues, bringing voices of established and emergent Wright scholars into dialogue with each other. The essays in this volume show how Wright's best work asks central questions about national alienation as well as about international belonging and the trans-national gaze. Race is here assumed as a superimposed category, rather than a biological reality, in keeping with recent trends in African-American studies. Wright's fiction and almost all of his non-fiction lift beyond the mainstays of African-American culture to explore the potentialities and limits of black trans-nationalism. Wright's trans-native status, his perpetual "outsidedness" mixed with the "essential humanness" of his activist and literary efforts are at the core of the innovative approaches to his work included here. Vorwort Explores the hybrid nature of Wright's writing and his anticipation, through varying media, genres and late works, of American culture in a post-racial environment. Zusammenfassung In African American fiction, Richard Wright was one of the most significant and influential authors of the twentieth century. Richard Wright in a Post-Racial Imaginary analyses Wright's work in relation to contemporary racial and social issues, bringing voices of established and emergent Wright scholars into dialogue with each other. The essays in this volume show how Wright's best work asks central questions about national alienation as well as about international belonging and the trans-national gaze. Race is here assumed as a superimposed category, rather than a biological reality, in keeping with recent trends in African-American studies. Wright's fiction and almost all of his non-fiction lift beyond the mainstays of African-American culture to explore the potentialities and limits of black trans-nationalism. Wright's trans-native status, his perpetual "outsidedness" mixed with the "essential humanness" of his activist and literary efforts are at the core of the innovative approaches to his work included here. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Amritjit Singh Acknowledgements Introduction : Alice Mikal Craven, William E. Dow Pa...
