Umfang:
xi, 281 Seiten
,
Illustration
ISBN:
9780367321581
,
9780367276386
Serie:
Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
Inhalt:
"Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era is an edited collection of critical essays and poetry that investigates contemporary elegy within the black diaspora. Scores of contemporary writers have turned to elegiac poetry and prose in order to militate against the white supremacist logic that has led to recent deaths of unarmed black men, women, and children. This volume combines scholarly and creative understandings of the elegy in order to discern how mourning feeds our political awareness in this dystopian time, as writers attempt to see, hear, and say something in relation to the bodies of the dead as well as to living readers. Moreover, this book provides a model for how to productively interweave theoretical and deeply personal accounts to encourage discussions about art and activism that transgress disciplinary boundaries, as well as lines of race, gender, class, and nation"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367853549
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Revisiting the elegy in the Black lives matter era New York, NY : Routledge, 2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
USA
;
Schwarze
;
Literatur
;
Elegie
;
Geschichte 2000-2020
;
Aufsatzsammlung
