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Author:

Graham, Shane, author.

Title:

Cultural entanglements : Langston Hughes and the rise of African and Caribbean literature / Shane Graham.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

ix, 307 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Hughes, Langston,--1902-1967--Criticism and interpretation.
Hughes, Langston,--1902-1967--Friends and associates.
Hughes, Langston,--1902-1967--Influence.
Hughes, Langston,--1902-1967.
1900-1999
Caribbean literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Caribbean literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
African literature--20th century--History and criticism.
African literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Pan-Africanism in literature.
Literature and transnationalism.
Caribbean literature.
African literature.
African literature--Black authors.
Caribbean literature--Black authors.
Friendship.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature and transnationalism.
Pan-Africanism in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Pan-African entanglements and cultural exchange -- Vernacular Pan-African Entanglements: Langston Hughes and Claude McKay -- Scale Enlargement A: Langston Hughes and the Caribbean. "Marks of a Rebellious Slave": Langston Hughes, Haiti, and Jacques Roumain -- Scale Enlargement B: Hughes, McKay, and Negritude. "It Cancels the Slave Ship!": Aimé Césaire, the Haitian Revolution, and Langston Hughes -- Scale Enlargement C: Langston Hughes and Africa. A "Song of Africa across Oceans and Centuries": Langston Hughes, Negritude, and South Africa -- Cultural Exchange in Ask your mama -- Coda: Paule Marshall and Langston Hughes.

Summary:

"This book explores Langston Hughes' associations with black writers from the Caribbean and Africa for a uniquely transnational approach to the life, work, and influence of this important African American literary figure"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

New world studies

ISBN:

0813944112
9780813944111
0813944090
9780813944098

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1113060747

LCCN:

2019035410

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)