The Cambridge companion to contemporary African American literature / edited by Yogita Goyal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goyal, Yogita, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to topics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 310 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

African American literature has changed in startling ways since the end of the Black Arts Era. The last five decades have generated new paradigms of racial formation and novel patterns of cultural production, circulation, and reception. This volume takes up the challenge of mapping the varied and changing field of contemporary African American writing. Balancing the demands of historical and political context with attention to aesthetic innovation, it considers the history, practice, and future directions of the field. Examining various historical forces shaping the creation of innovative genres, the turn to the afterlife of slavery, the pull toward protest, and the impact of new and expanded geographies and methods, this Companion provides an invaluable point of reference for readers seeking rigorous and cutting-edge analyses of contemporary African American literature.

Contents:

African American citizenship in the post-civil rights era / Margo Crawford

The politics of class / Rolland Murray

Rethinking post-racialism / Aida Levy-Hussen

Afro-futurism and the speculative turn / Madhu Dubey

The Black lyric / Anthony Reed

Neo-slave imaginaries / Christopher Freeburg

Incarceration and confinement literature / Patrick Elliott Alexander

Satire, comedy, and critique / Derek Maus

Popular romance and literary undergrounds / Aneeka Henderson

Feminist intersections / Sheri Marie Harrison

Queer bodies in time / GerShun Avilez

Global and diasporic worldmaking / Nadia Ellis

African American soundscapes / Shana Redmond

African American literature and visual culture / Hayley O'Malley

The affective turn / Lauren Michele Jackson

Print culture and literary sociology / Kinohi Nishikawa

Digital and new media cultures of protest / Marisa Parham.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2023).

ISBN:

9781009184144

1009184148

9781009184137

100918413X

9781009159708

1009159704