- Additional Authors
- Lowe, John Wharton
- Description
- viii, 304 pages : color illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "The state of Florida has a rich literary and cultural history, which has been greatly shaped by many different ethnicities, races, and cultures that call the Sunshine State home. Little attention has been paid, however, to the key role of African Americans in Floridian history and culture. The state's early population boom came from immigrants from the US South, and many of them were African Americans. Interaction between the state's ethnic communities has created a unique and vibrant culture, which has had, and continues to have, a significant impact on southern, national, and hemispheric life and history. Black Hibiscus: African Americans and the Florida Imaginary begins by exploring Florida's colonial past, focusing particularly on interactions between maroons who escaped enslavement, and on Albery Whitman's The Rape of Florida, which also links Black people and Native Americans. Contributors consider film, folklore, and music, as well as such key Black writers as Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Gwendolyn Bennett, Colson Whitehead, and Edwidge Danticat. The volume features Black Floridians' role in the civil rights movement and Black contributions to the celebrated Florida Writers' Project. Contributors include literary scholars, historians, film critics, art historians, anthropologists, musicologists, political scientists, artists, and poets"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781496848598
- 1496848594
- 9781496848604
- 1496848608
- 9781496848611 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781496848628 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781496848635 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781496848642 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2023039014
- OCLC
- YBP 2023039014
- Title
Black hibiscus : African Americans and the Florida imaginary / edited by John Wharton Lowe.
- Publisher
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2024]
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
Lowe, John Wharton, editor.
- Other Form:
Online version: Black hibiscus Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2024 9781496848611 (DLC) 2023039015