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Black regions of the imagination African American writers between the nation and the world

Title
Black regions of the imagination [electronic resource] : African American writers between the nation and the world / Eve E. Dunbar.
Author
Dunbar, Eve, 1976-
Publication
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.

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Description
1 online resource (xvii, 212 p.)
Uniform Title
Black regions of the imagination (Online)
Alternative Title
Black regions of the imagination (Online)
Subject
  • American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • American literature > African American authors
  • Ethnology in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-203) and index.
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Contents
Becoming American through ethnographic writing: Zora Neale Hurston and the performance of ethnography -- Escape through ethnography: literary regionalism and the image of non-racial alignment in Richard Wright's travel writing -- Deconstructing the romance of rthnography: queering knowledge in James Baldwin's Another country -- Ethnography of the absurd: Chester Himes' detective fiction and counter-images of Black life -- Conclusion: Look down! the Black arts affirmation of place and the refusal to translate.
LCCN
2012015152
OCLC
ssj0000762024
Author
Dunbar, Eve, 1976-
Title
Black regions of the imagination [electronic resource] : African American writers between the nation and the world / Eve E. Dunbar.
Imprint
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-203) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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