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What is African American Literature? (Paperback)
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What is African American Literature? (Paperback)
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After Kenneth W. Warren's What Was African American Literature?,
Margo N. Crawford delivers What is African American Literature? The
idea of African American literature may be much more than
literature written by authors who identify as "Black". What is
African American Literature? focuses on feeling as form in order to
show that African American literature is an archive of feelings, a
tradition of the tension between uncontainable black affect and
rigid historical structure. Margo N. Crawford argues that textual
production of affect (such as blush, vibration, shiver, twitch, and
wink) reveals that African American literature keeps reimagining a
black collective nervous system. Crawford foregrounds the "idea" of
African American literature and uncovers the "black feeling world"
co-created by writers and readers. Rejecting the notion that there
are no formal lines separating African American literature and a
broader American literary tradition, Crawford contends that the
distinguishing feature of African American literature is a
"moodscape" that is as stable as electricity. Presenting a fresh
perspective on the affective atmosphere of African American
literature, this compelling text frames central questions around
the "idea" of African American literature, shows the limits of
historicism in explaining the mood of African American literature
and addresses textual production in the creation of the African
American literary tradition. Part of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell
Manifestos series, What is African American Literature? is a
significant addition to scholarship in the field. Professors and
students of American literature, African American literature, and
Black Studies will find this book an invaluable source of fresh
perspectives and new insights on America's black literary
tradition.
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