Emotion, Race, and Space in Contemporary African American Literature

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Del i serien American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

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Beskrivning

Weaving together insights from psychology, narrative theory, African American studies, affect theory, and Black Geographies, Marijana Mikic interrogates fear, hope, shame, guilt, anger, and grief in relation to the racial-geographic projects of slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and their continued legacies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-05-14
Mått:148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031857942

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Marijana Mikić completed her PhD at the Department of English at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. She is coeditor of Ethnic American Literatures and Critical Race Narratology. Her essays have appeared in JNT: Journal of Narrative Theory, Orbis Litterarum, and Anglia.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1:Introduction.-Chapter 2:Fear, Hope, and Geographies of Slavery in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad and Edward P. Jones’s The Known World.- Chapter 3:Shame, Guilt, and Separatist Geographies in Toni Morrison’s Home and Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half.- Chapter 4:Anger, Outrage, Race, and Space in Percival Everett’s Erasure and Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s We Cast a Shadow.- Chapter 5: Grief, Grievability, and Environmental Disaster in Sherri L. Smith’s Orleans and N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.