A genealogy of literary multiculturalism

A genealogy of literary multiculturalism / Christopher Douglas.

As an anthropology student studying with Franz Boas, Zora Neale Hurston recorded African American folklore in rural central Florida, studied hoodoo in New Orleans and voodoo in Haiti, talked with the last ex-slave to survive the Middle Passage, and collected music from Jamaica. Her ethnographic work...

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Main Author: Douglas, Christopher, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Multiculturalism in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Literature and anthropology > United States > History > 20th century.
Multiculturalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Anthropology > United States > History > 20th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
American literature > Minority authors
Anthropology
Literature and anthropology
Minorities in literature
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism in literature
Minderheitenliteratur
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Zora Neale Hurston, D'Arcy McNickle, and the culture of anthropology
  • Richard Wright, Robert Park, and the literature of sociology
  • Jade Snow Wong, Ralph Ellison, and desegregation
  • John Okada and the sociology of internment
  • Américo Paredes and the folklore of the border
  • Toni Morrison, Frank Chin, and cultural nationalisms, 1965-1975
  • N. Scott Momaday : blood and identity
  • Ishmael Reed and the search for survivals
  • Gloria Anzaldúa, Aztlán, and Aztec survivals
  • Conclusion : the multicultural complex and the incoherence of literary multiculturalism.

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