The Practice of Diaspora - Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism

Edwards revisits black transnational culture in the 1920s and 1930s, paying particular attention to links between the intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance and their Francophone counterparts in Paris. He suggests that diaspora is less a historical condition than a set of practices through which black intellectuals pursue international alliances.

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Brent Hayes Edwards

Summary

Edwards revisits black transnational culture in the 1920s and 1930s, paying particular attention to links between the intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance and their Francophone counterparts in Paris. He suggests that diaspora is less a historical condition than a set of practices through which black intellectuals pursue international alliances.

Product details

• Authors: Brent Hayes Edwards, Edwards Brent Hayes
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2003
• EAN: 9780674011038
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01103-8
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 576 g
• Illustrations: 15 halftones, 6 line illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Amerika, New York, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Ethnic Studies, Education, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black