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At home in diaspora Black international writing

Title
At home in diaspora [electronic resource] : Black international writing / Wendy W. Walters.
Author
Walters, Wendy W.
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2005.

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Description
1 online resource (xxv, 177 p.)
Series Statement
Critical American studies series
Uniform Title
At home in diaspora (Online)
Alternative Title
At home in diaspora (Online)
Subject
  • Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Phillips, Caryl > Criticism and interpretation
  • Cliff, Michelle > Criticism and interpretation
  • Njami, Simon, 1962- > Criticism and interpretation
  • American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
  • West Indian literature (English) > Black authors > History and criticism
  • Black people > West Indies > Intellectual life
  • African Americans in literature
  • Internationalism in literature
  • Exiles in literature
  • African diaspora
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-171) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
"On the clifflike margins of many cultures" : Richard Wright's travels -- The postcolonial as post-Enlightenment : Michelle Cliff and the genealogies of history -- Harlem on my mind : exile and community in Chester Himes's detective fiction -- "A landmark in a foreign land" : Simon Njami's Parisian scenes -- History's dispersals : Caryl Phillips's chorus of the common memory.
ISBN
  • 0816644918 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0816644926 (pb : alk. paper)
LCCN
2005000433
OCLC
ssj0000107036
Author
Walters, Wendy W.
Title
At home in diaspora [electronic resource] : Black international writing / Wendy W. Walters.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2005.
Series
Critical American studies series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-171) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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