Pan–African American Literature
Signifyin(g) Immigrants in the Twenty-First Century
By Stephanie Li | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
About the book
2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
The twenty-first century is witnessing a dynamic broadening of how blackness signifies both in the U.S. and abroad. Literary writers of the new African diaspora are at the forefront of exploring these exciting approaches to what black subjectivity means. Pan-African American Literature is dedicated to charting the contours of literature by African born or identified authors centered around life in the United States. The texts examined here deliberately signify on the African American literary canon to encompass new experiences of immigration, assimilation and identification that challenge how blackness has been previously conceived. Though race often alienates and frustrates immigrants who are accustomed to living in all-black environments, Stephanie Li holds that it can also be a powerful form of community and political mobilization.
Editions of Pan–African American Literature
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780813592787
- EBook
- ISBN 9780813592794
- PDF
- ISBN 9780813592817
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2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
The twenty-first century is witnessing a dynamic broadening of how blackness signifies both in the U.S. and abroad. Literary writers of the new African diaspora are at the forefront of exploring these exciting approaches to what black subjectivity means. Pan-African American Literature is dedicated to charting the contours of literature by African born or identified authors centered around life in the United States. The texts examined here deliberately signify on the African American literary canon to encompass new experiences of immigration, assimilation and identification that challenge how blackness has been previously conceived. Though race often alienates and frustrates immigrants who are accustomed to living in all-black environments, Stephanie Li holds that it can also be a powerful form of community and political mobilization.
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What is Pan–African American Literature about?
2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
The twenty-first century is witnessing a dynamic broadening of how blackness signifies both in the U.S. and abroad. Literary writers of the new African diaspora are at the forefront of exploring these exciting approaches to what black subjectivity means. Pan-African American Literature is dedicated to charting the contours of literature by African born or identified authors centered around life in the United States. The texts examined here deliberately signify on the African American literary canon to encompass new experiences of immigration, assimilation and identification that challenge how blackness has been previously conceived. Though race often alienates and frustrates immigrants who are accustomed to living in all-black environments, Stephanie Li holds that it can also be a powerful form of community and political mobilization.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Pan–African American Literature?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Pan–African American Literature?
Stephanie Li
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Pan–African American Literature is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780813592787) and ebook(ISBN 9780813592794) and pdf(ISBN 9780813592817)
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