Precarious Passages
The Diasporic Imagination in Contemporary Black Anglophone Fiction
By Tuire Valkeakari | Publisher: University Press of Florida
About the book
Precarious Passages unites literature written by members of the far-flung Black Anglophone diaspora. Rather than categorizing novels as simply “African American,” “Black Canadian,” “Black British,” or “postcolonial African Caribbean,” this book takes an integrative approach: it argues that fiction creates and sustains a sense of a wider African diasporic community in the Western world.
Tuire Valkeakari analyzes the writing of Toni Morrison, Caryl Phillips, Lawrence Hill, and other contemporary novelists of African descent. She shows how their novels connect with each other and with defining moments in the transatlantic experience, most notably the Middle Passage and enslavement. The lives of their characters are marked by migration and displacement. Their protagonists yearn to experience fulfilling human connection in a place they can call home. Portraying strategies of survival, adaptation, and resistance across the limitless varieties of life experiences in the diaspora, these novelists continually reimagine what it means to share a Black diasporic identity.
Editions of Precarious Passages
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780813062471
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780813069463
- EBook
- ISBN 9780813072449
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Precarious Passages unites literature written by members of the far-flung Black Anglophone diaspora. Rather than categorizing novels as simply “African American,” “Black Canadian,” “Black British,” or “postcolonial African Caribbean,” this book takes an integrative approach: it argues that fiction creates and sustains a sense of a wider African diasporic community in the Western world.
Tuire Valkeakari analyzes the writing of Toni Morrison, Caryl Phillips, Lawrence Hill, and other contemporary novelists of African descent. She shows how their novels connect with each other and with defining moments in the transatlantic experience, most notably the Middle Passage and enslavement. The lives of their characters are marked by migration and displacement. Their protagonists yearn to experience fulfilling human connection in a place they can call home. Portraying strategies of survival, adaptation, and resistance across the limitless varieties of life experiences in the diaspora, these novelists continually reimagine what it means to share a Black diasporic identity.
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What is Precarious Passages about?
Precarious Passages unites literature written by members of the far-flung Black Anglophone diaspora. Rather than categorizing novels as simply “African American,” “Black Canadian,” “Black British,” or “postcolonial African Caribbean,” this book takes an integrative approach: it argues that fiction creates and sustains a sense of a wider African diasporic community in the Western world.
Tuire Valkeakari analyzes the writing of Toni Morrison, Caryl Phillips, Lawrence Hill, and other contemporary novelists of African descent. She shows how their novels connect with each other and with defining moments in the transatlantic experience, most notably the Middle Passage and enslavement. The lives of their characters are marked by migration and displacement. Their protagonists yearn to experience fulfilling human connection in a place they can call home. Portraying strategies of survival, adaptation, and resistance across the limitless varieties of life experiences in the diaspora, these novelists continually reimagine what it means to share a Black diasporic identity.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Precarious Passages?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Where can I read a sample of Precarious Passages?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780813062471
How long is Precarious Passages and how many pages does it have?
Precarious Passages has 344 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Precarious Passages?
Tuire Valkeakari
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Precarious Passages is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780813062471) and paperback(ISBN 9780813069463) and ebook(ISBN 9780813072449)
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