Early African American print culture / edited by Lara Langer Cohen and Jordan Alexander Stein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, Lara Langer.

Stein, Jordan Alexander.

Series:

Material texts.

Material texts

Material Texts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature publishing--United States--History--18th century.

Literature publishing.

Literature publishing--United States--History--19th century.

Authors and publishers--United States--History--18th century.

Authors and publishers.

Authors and publishers--United States--History--19th century.

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press : Library Co. of Philadelphia, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw both the consolidation of American print culture and the establishment of an African American literary tradition, yet the two are too rarely considered in tandem. In this landmark volume, a stellar group of established and emerging scholars ranges over periods, locations, and media to explore African Americans' diverse contributions to early American print culture, both on the page and off. The book's chapters consider domestic novels and gallows narratives, Francophone poetry and engravings of Liberia, transatlantic lyrics and San Francisco newspapers. Together, they consider how close attention to the archive can expand the study of African American literature well beyond matters of authorship to include issues of editing, illustration, circulation, and reading-and how this expansion can enrich and transform the study of print culture more generally.

Contents:

pt. I. Vectors of movement

pt. II. Racialization and identity production

pt. III. Adaptation, citation, deployment

pt. IV. Public performances.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-404) and index.

ISBN:

9781283898416

1283898411

9780812206296

0812206290

OCLC:

822017915