Turn the World Upside Down Empire Unruly Forms of Black Folk Culture in U.s. And Caribbean

Imani D. Owens recasts Black creators¿ relationship to folk culture, emphasizing their formal and stylistic innovations and experiments in self-invention that reach beyond the local to the world.

About the author

Imani D. Owens is associate professor of English at Rutgers University.

Summary

Imani D. Owens recasts Black creators’ relationship to folk culture, emphasizing their formal and stylistic innovations and experiments in self-invention that reach beyond the local to the world.

Product details

• Authors: Imani D. Owens
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 04.07.2023
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family
• EAN: 9780231208895
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20889-5
• Pages: 280
• Series: Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future
• Subjects: USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Caribbean islands, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Literary Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic & Latino, Relating to African American / Black American people