Animating Black and Brown Liberation
A Theory of American Literatures
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2019
180 pages
978-1-4384-7341-3 (ISBN)
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Offers a new framework for reading American literatures that critically links African American and Latinx traditions and struggles for liberation.
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Michael Datcher is Assistant Professor of English at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of several books, including Raising Fences.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Animacy Matters
1. A Matter of Body and Soul in The People of Paper and Mumbo Jumbo
2. Heroes and Hieroglyphics of the Flesh in The Salt Eaters and Heroes and Saints
3. Animating Anthologies and Firing the Canon in This Bridge Called My Back and June Jordan's Poetry for the People
4. Wanda Coleman and Kamau Daáood Sing the Blues for the Black Body
Coda: The World Stage Performance Gallery Moves
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: Animacy Matters
1. A Matter of Body and Soul in The People of Paper and Mumbo Jumbo
2. Heroes and Hieroglyphics of the Flesh in The Salt Eaters and Heroes and Saints
3. Animating Anthologies and Firing the Canon in This Bridge Called My Back and June Jordan's Poetry for the People
4. Wanda Coleman and Kamau Daáood Sing the Blues for the Black Body
Coda: The World Stage Performance Gallery Moves
Notes
Bibliography
Index
