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Taking a thematic approach, this new companion provides an
interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and international study of
American literary journalism. From the work of Frederick Douglass
and Walt Whitman to that of Joan Didion and Dorothy Parker,
literary journalism is a genre that both reveals and shapes
American history and identity. This volume not only calls attention
to literary journalism as a distinctive genre but also provides a
critical foundation for future scholarship. It brings together
cutting-edge research from literary journalism scholars, examining
historical perspectives; themes, venues, and genres across time;
theoretical approaches and disciplinary intersections; and new
directions for scholarly inquiry. Provoking reconsideration and
inquiry, while providing new historical interpretations, this
companion recognizes, interacts with, and honors the tradition and
legacies of American literary journalism scholarship. Engaging the
work of disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, African
American studies, gender studies, visual studies, media studies,
and American studies, in addition to journalism and literary
studies, this book is perfect for students and scholars of those
disciplines.
Taking a thematic approach, this new companion provides an
interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and international study of
American literary journalism. From the work of Frederick Douglass
and Walt Whitman to that of Joan Didion and Dorothy Parker,
literary journalism is a genre that both reveals and shapes
American history and identity. This volume not only calls attention
to literary journalism as a distinctive genre but also provides a
critical foundation for future scholarship. It brings together
cutting-edge research from literary journalism scholars, examining
historical perspectives; themes, venues, and genres across time;
theoretical approaches and disciplinary intersections; and new
directions for scholarly inquiry. Provoking reconsideration and
inquiry, while providing new historical interpretations, this
companion recognizes, interacts with, and honors the tradition and
legacies of American literary journalism scholarship. Engaging the
work of disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, African
American studies, gender studies, visual studies, media studies,
and American studies, in addition to journalism and literary
studies, this book is perfect for students and scholars of those
disciplines.
Of Latitudes Unknown is a multi-faceted study of James Baldwin's
radical imagination. It is a selective and thoughtful survey that
re-investigates the grounds of Baldwin studies and provides new
critical approaches, subjects, and orientations for Baldwin
criticism. This volume joins recent critical collections in
"un-fragmenting" Baldwin and establishing further conjunctions in
his work: the essay and the novel; the polemical and the aesthetic;
his use of and participation in visual forms; and his American as
well as international identities. But it goes beyond other recent
studies by focusing on new entities of Baldwin's radical
imagination: his English and French language selves; his late
encounters with Africa; his appearances on French television and
interviews with French journalists; and his unrecognized literary
journalism. Of Latitudes Unknown also addresses Baldwin's relations
with the Arab world, his anticipation of contemporary film and
media studies, and his paradoxical public intellectualism. As it
reassesses Baldwin's contributions to and influences on world
literary history, Of Latitudes Unknown equally explores why the
critical appreciation of Baldwin's writing continues to flourish,
and why it remains a vast territory whose parts lie open to much
deeper exploration and elaboration.
Of Latitudes Unknown is a multi-faceted study of James Baldwin's
radical imagination. It is a selective and thoughtful survey that
re-investigates the grounds of Baldwin studies and provides new
critical approaches, subjects, and orientations for Baldwin
criticism. This volume joins recent critical collections in
"un-fragmenting" Baldwin and establishing further conjunctions in
his work: the essay and the novel; the polemical and the aesthetic;
his use of and participation in visual forms; and his American as
well as international identities. But it goes beyond other recent
studies by focusing on new entities of Baldwin's radical
imagination: his English and French language selves; his late
encounters with Africa; his appearances on French television and
interviews with French journalists; and his unrecognized literary
journalism. Of Latitudes Unknown also addresses Baldwin's relations
with the Arab world, his anticipation of contemporary film and
media studies, and his paradoxical public intellectualism. As it
reassesses Baldwin's contributions to and influences on world
literary history, Of Latitudes Unknown equally explores why the
critical appreciation of Baldwin's writing continues to flourish,
and why it remains a vast territory whose parts lie open to much
deeper exploration and elaboration.
In African American fiction, Richard Wright was one of the most
significant and influential authors of the twentieth century.
Richard Wright in a Post-Racial Imaginary analyses Wright's work in
relation to contemporary racial and social issues, bringing voices
of established and emergent Wright scholars into dialogue with each
other. The essays in this volume show how Wright's best work asks
central questions about national alienation as well as about
international belonging and the trans-national gaze. Race is here
assumed as a superimposed category, rather than a biological
reality, in keeping with recent trends in African-American studies.
Wright's fiction and almost all of his non-fiction lift beyond the
mainstays of African-American culture to explore the potentialities
and limits of black trans-nationalism. Wright's trans-native
status, his perpetual "outsidedness" mixed with the "essential
humanness" of his activist and literary efforts are at the core of
the innovative approaches to his work included here.
In African American fiction, Richard Wright was one of the most
significant and influential authors of the twentieth century.
"Richard Wright in a Post-Racial America" analyses Wright's work in
relation to contemporary racial and social issues, bringing voices
of established and emergent Wright scholars into dialogue with each
other. The essays in this volume show how Wright's best work asks
central questions about national alienation as well as about
international belonging and the trans-national gaze. Race is here
assumed as a superimposed category, rather than a biological
reality, in keeping with recent trends in African-American studies.
Wright's fiction and almost all of his non-fiction lift beyond the
mainstays of African-American culture to explore the potentialities
and limits of black trans-nationalism. Wright's trans-native
status, his perpetual "outsidedness" mixed with the "essential
humanness" of his activist and literary efforts are at the core of
the innovative approaches to his work included here.
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