The Cambridge Guide To African American History
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Author | : Raymond Gavins |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2016-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107103398 |
Intended for high school and college students, teachers, adult educational groups, and general readers, this book is of value to them primarily as a learning and reference tool. It also provides a critical perspective on the actions and legacies of ordinary and elite blacks and their non-black allies.
Author | : Audrey Fisch |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2007-05-31 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1139827596 |
The slave narrative has become a crucial genre within African American literary studies and an invaluable record of the experience and history of slavery in the United States. This Companion examines the slave narrative's relation to British and American abolitionism, Anglo-American literary traditions such as autobiography and sentimental literature, and the larger African American literary tradition. Special attention is paid to leading exponents of the genre such as Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, as well as many other, less well known examples. Further essays explore the rediscovery of the slave narrative and its subsequent critical reception, as well as the uses to which the genre is put by modern authors such as Toni Morrison. With its chronology and guide to further reading, the Companion provides both an easy entry point for students new to the subject and comprehensive coverage and original insights for scholars in the field.
Author | : Alton Hornsby, Jr. |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 2008-04-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1405137355 |
A Companion to African American History is a collection oforiginal and authoritative essays arranged thematically andtopically, covering a wide range of subjects from the seventeenthcentury to the present day. Analyzes the major sources and the most influential books andarticles in the field Includes discussions of globalization, region, migration,gender, class and social forces that make up the broad culturalfabric of African American history
Author | : Angelyn Mitchell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2009-04-30 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0521858887 |
The Cambridge Companion to African American Women's Literature covers a period dating back to the eighteenth century. These specially commissioned essays highlight the artistry, complexity and diversity of a literary tradition that ranges from Lucy Terry to Toni Morrison. A wide range of topics are addressed, from the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement, and from the performing arts to popular fiction. Together, the essays provide an invaluable guide to a rich, complex tradition of women writers in conversation with each other as they critique American society and influence American letters. Accessible and vibrant, with the needs of undergraduate students in mind, this Companion will be of great interest to anybody who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of this important and vital area of American literature.
Author | : George Hutchinson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2007-06-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521673686 |
This 2007 Companion is a comprehensive guide to the key authors and works of the African American literary movement.
Author | : Errol G. Hill |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 2003-07-17 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521624435 |
Author | : Maryemma Graham |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2004-04-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1139826840 |
The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel presents new essays covering the one hundred and fifty year history of the African American novel. Experts in the field from the US and Europe address some of the major issues in the genre: passing, the Protest novel, the Blues novel, and womanism among others. The essays are full of fresh insights for students into the symbolic, aesthetic, and political function of canonical and non-canonical fiction. Chapters examine works by Ralph Ellison, Leon Forrest, Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed, Alice Walker, John Edgar Wideman, and many others. They reflect a range of critical methods intended to prompt new and experienced readers to consider the African American novel as a cultural and literary act of extraordinary significance. This volume, including a chronology and guide to further reading, is an important resource for students and teachers alike.
Author | : Lisa J. Green |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2002-08-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780521891387 |
This authoritative introduction to African American English (AAE) is the first textbook to look at the grammar as a whole. Clearly organised, it describes patterns in the sentence structure, sound system, word formation and word use in AAE. The textbook examines topics such as education, speech events in the secular and religious world, and the use of language in literature and the media to create black images. It includes exercises to accompany each chapter and will be essential reading for students in linguistics, education, anthropology, African American studies and literature.
Author | : Robert L. Harris |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780231138116 |
A multifaceted approach to understanding the central developments in African American history since 1939. It combines a historical overview of key personalities and movements with essays on specific facets of the African American experience, a chronology of events, and a guide to further study. From publisher description.
Author | : Shamoon Zamir |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2008-09-11 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1139828134 |
W. E. B. Du Bois was the pre-eminent African American intellectual of the twentieth century. As a pioneering historian, sociologist and civil rights activist, and as a novelist and autobiographer, he made the problem of race central to an understanding of the United States within both national and transnational contexts; his masterwork The Souls of Black Folk (1903) is today among the most widely read and most often quoted works of American literature. This Companion presents ten specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars which explore key aspects of Du Bois's work. The book offers students a critical introduction to Du Bois, as well as opening new pathways into the further study of his remarkable career. It will be of interest to all those working in African American studies, American literature, and American studies generally.