Geographies of Flight: Phillis Wheatley to Octavia Butler

ISBN-13: 9780810142329 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 304 str.

William Merrill Decker

Opis

Provides the first comprehensive treatment of the ways in which African American authors across three centuries have confronted the predicament of inhabiting space under conditions of bondage and structural oppression. The book examines how fourteen black authors have sought to transform a cartography that reflects white supremacist assumptions.

Spis treści

Prologue
Chapter 1: Signifying Space: Geographies of Domination and Resistance
Chapter 2: Voices from the Global South
Chapter 3: Slave State to Free
Chapter 4: Domestic Uplift and Escape Abroad
Chapter 5: Notes from Underground
Chapter 6: Next Worlds
Epilogue: Color Outside the Lines
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index