Richard Wright and Transnationalism New Dimensions to Modern American Expatriate Literature Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature Series
Auteur : Alzoubi Mamoun
Richard Wright and Transnationalism sees Dr. Mamoun Alzoubi argue that renowned American Author, Richard Wright, transformed the way that we approach comparative literature by beginning to look at matters of American racism and Civil Rights in transnational contexts, formed by the new nations surfacing from colonial rule. Richard Wright and Transnationalism demonstrates how Wright, beginning with his work in the 1950s, began to hypothesize the shared history of suffering that linked the experience of slavery, Jim Crow and racism in African American life with the impact of colonialism and neocolonialism on the large communities of Africa, Asia and Europe.
Introduction 1. Richard White's Black Power: The Writer as a World Citizen 2. Constructing Community: Overarching Global View and Philanthropic Appeal in Wright's The Color Curtain 3. Reviving the Spanish Dream for Freedom: Civilizations Meeting in the Ghetto of Entitlement Conclusion
Mamoun Alzoubi is a Professor of English at Kent State University, USA.
Date de parution : 09-2020
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 10-2018
15.2x22.9 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 14 jours).
Prix indicatif 209,69 €
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Mots-clés :
Pagan Spain; Color Curtain; race; Mochtar Lubis; american literature; Wright’s Black Power; uncle tom's children; Wright’s Journey; black boy; American Expatriate Literature; black power; American Expatriate Writers; the man who was almost a man; native son; Bandung Conference; the outsider; Chou En-lai; the color curtain; Wright’s View; third world; Young Man; first world; Racial Shame; african literature; Primal Mindset; asian literature; International Monetary Fund; ghetto; European Colonial Order; Spain; Black White Dichotomy; Spanish Literature; Wright’s Perspective; harbingers; Nonfiction Works; Spanish Culture; Enlightenment; Wright’s Interest; politics; Wright’s Experience; culture; Human Suffering; anti-imperial; Gold Coast; anti-racist; African American Literary Theory; racism; oppressors; colonization; power; Black Power: A Record of Reactions in a Land of Pathos; Ghana; identity; postcolonial studies; postcolonial literature; Mamoun F; I; Alzoubi
