Forbes Criminal Genius in African American and US Literature, 1793–1845

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4214-4377-5
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

How did creative genius develop in tandem with the criminalization of Blackness in the early United States?

In Criminal Genius in African American and US Literature, 1793–1845, Erin Forbes uncovers a model of racialized, collective agency in American literature and culture. Identifying creative genius in the figure of the convict, the zombie, the outlaw, the insurgent, and the fugitive, Forbes deepens our understanding of the historical relationship between criminality and Blackness and reestablishes the importance of the aesthetic in early African American literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forbes, Erin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction. "Nourished in Vice"
Chapter 1. Zombies of Civic Virtue
Chapter 2. The Convict's Corpus
Chapter 3. Outlaw Humanism
Chapter 4. The Southampton Insurgency
Chapter 5. Fugitive Aesthetics
Conclusion. New Forms of Crime
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Forbes, Erin
Erin Forbes is a senior lecturer in English at the University of Bristol.