Hunger Overcome?
Food and Resistance in Twentieth-Century African American Literature
Published on 26. February 2004
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-8203-2529-3 (ISBN)
Description
African American writers have consistently drawn connections between hunger and illiteracy, and by extension between food and reading. This book investigates the juxtaposition of mulnutrition and spectacular food abundance as a key trope of African American writing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Georgia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
bibliography, index
ISBN-13
978-0-8203-2529-3 (9780820325293)
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