African American literature in transition, 1800-1830

"African American literature in the years between 1800 and 1830 emerged from significant transitions in the cultural, technological, and political circulation of ideas. Transformations included increased numbers of Black organizations, shifts in the physical mobility of Black peoples, expanded...

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Körperschaft: Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
Weitere Verfasser: Cobb, Jasmine Nichole (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Melbourne, New Delhi, Singapore Cambridge University Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:African American literature in transition 2
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Zusammenfassung:"African American literature in the years between 1800 and 1830 emerged from significant transitions in the cultural, technological, and political circulation of ideas. Transformations included increased numbers of Black organizations, shifts in the physical mobility of Black peoples, expanded circulation of abolitionist and Black newsprint as well as greater production of Black authored texts and images. The perpetuation of slavery in the early American republic meant that many people of African descent conveyed experiences of bondage or promoted abolition in complex ways, relying on a diverse array of print and illustrative forms. Accordingly, this volume takes a thematic approach to African American literature from 1800 to 1830, exploring Black organizational life before 1830, movement and mobility in African American literature, and print culture in circulation, illustration, and the narrative form"--
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Beschreibung:xvii, 348 Seiten
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ISBN:9781108429078
978-1-108-42907-8
9781108454421
978-1-108-45442-1