K. Byars-Nichols
Palgrave Macmillan US
e druk, 2013
9781137389176
The Black Indian in American Literature
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US |
2013
ISBN13: 9781137389176
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
The first book-length study of the figure of the black Indian in American Literature, this project explores themes of nation, culture, and performativity. Moving from the Post-Independence period to the Contemporary era, Byars-Nichols re-centers a marginalized group challenges stereotypes and conventional ways of thinking about race and culture.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781137389176
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US
Hoofdrubriek:Woordenboeken en taal
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: Within Our Borders and On Our Borders: Negotiating Shared Black and Native Histories 1. Assuming the Habit of the Country: John Marrant's Narrative and Playing Indian 2. Domesticated Savagery: Blackness and Indigeneity in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and Elizabeth Stoddard's Temple House 3. On Precarious Footing: William Faulkner's Sam Fathers and the Specter of Slavery 4. Black Nationalism and Native Separatism Unhinged: Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon 5. The First Black Indian: Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead Conclusion: Toward a Black Indian Poetics and Politics