Byars-Nichols The Black Indian in American Literature

2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-38918-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 129 Seiten, eBook

The first book-length study of the figure of the black Indian in American Literature, this project explores themes of nation, culture, and performativity. Moving from the Post-Independence period to the Contemporary era, Byars-Nichols re-centers a marginalized group challenges stereotypes and conventional ways of thinking about race and culture.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byars-Nichols, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Within Our Borders and On Our Borders: Negotiating Shared Black and Native Histories 1. Assuming the Habit of the Country: John Marrant's Narrative and Playing Indian 2. Domesticated Savagery: Blackness and Indigeneity in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and Elizabeth Stoddard's Temple House 3. On Precarious Footing: William Faulkner's Sam Fathers and the Specter of Slavery 4. Black Nationalism and Native Separatism Unhinged: Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon 5. The First Black Indian: Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead Conclusion: Toward a Black Indian Poetics and Politics

Über Autor(innen)

Keely Byars-Nichols is an Assistant Professor of English at Mount Olive College, USA.