Turn the world upside down : empire and unruly forms of Black folk culture in the U.S. and Caribbean / Imani D. Owens.

"Black hemispheric writing in the first half of the twentieth century was forged by the intertwined legacies of colonialism, U.S. empire, and Jim Crow. As writers sought to transmit the terror and the beauty of Black life under oppressive conditions, they increasingly turned to representations of fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Owens, Imani D. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]
Series:Black lives in the diaspora : past, present, future
Subjects:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Caribbean literature > Black authors > History and criticism.
Caribbean literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
African diaspora in literature.
Black people in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Race in literature.
American literature.
American literature > African American authors.
Caribbean literature.
Caribbean literature > Black authors.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Physical Description:xv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Variant Title:
Empire and unruly forms of Black folk culture in the United States and Caribbean
Format: Book

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