Southscapes : geographies of race, region, & literature / Thadious M. Davis.

"By interpreting segregation as the central experience for twenty-first century southern literature (just as slavery was for an earlier generation of writers) and by theorizing the interconnected aspects of racial and spatial constructions in the formation of the nation, Davis shows us a way to...

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Main Author: Davis, Thadious M., 1944- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Series:New directions in southern studies.
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Summary:"By interpreting segregation as the central experience for twenty-first century southern literature (just as slavery was for an earlier generation of writers) and by theorizing the interconnected aspects of racial and spatial constructions in the formation of the nation, Davis shows us a way to understand black space--social, spatial, and artistic arenas of creativity--not just in terms of exclusion and of pushing back/reacting against, but as sites of memory and imagination far beyond wounds and danger"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (458 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780807869321
0807869325
9781469602554
1469602555
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.