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Author:

McGill, Lisa D.

Title:

Constructing Black selves : Caribbean American narratives and the second generation / Lisa D. McGill.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

ix, 318 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Caribbean Americans--Intellectual life.
Children of immigrants--United States--Intellectual life.
Caribbean Americans--Race identity.
African Americans--Relations with Caribbean Americans.
Ethnicity--United States.
African diaspora.
Caribbean Americans--Social conditions.
Children of immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
Performing arts--Social aspects--United States.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Américains d'origine antillaise--Vie intellectuelle.
Enfants d'immigrants--États-Unis--Vie intellectuelle.
Américains d'origine antillaise--Identité ethnique.
Noirs américains--Relations avec les Américains d'origine antillaise.
Ethnicité--États-Unis.
Africains à l'étranger.
Américains d'origine antillaise--Conditions sociales.
Enfants d'immigrants--États-Unis--Conditions sociales.
Arts du spectacle--Aspect social--États-Unis.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--Histoire et critique.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-312) and index.

Contents:

1. Performing the Caribbean : Harry Belafonte and the Black male body -- 2. "All o' we is one" : Paule Marshall, Black radicalism, and the African diaspora -- 3. Sister-outsider : African god(desse)s, Black feminist politics, and Audre Lorde's liberation -- 4. "How to be a Negro without really trying" : Piri Thomas and the politics of Nuyorican identity -- 5. "Diasporic intimacy" : Merengue hip hop, Proyecto uno, and representin' Afro-Latino cultures

Series:

Nation of newcomers

ISBN:

0814756913 (acid-free paper)
9780814756911 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2005011452

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)