{"product_id":"contemporary-african-american-literature-the-living-canon-paperback-softback-9780253006264","title":"Contemporary African American Literature; The Living Canon (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253006264","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContemporary African American Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Living Canon\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLovalerie King (Edited by), Shirley Moody-Turner (Edited by), Darryl Dickson-Carr (Contributions by), Eve Dunbar (Contributions by), Kristina Graaff (Contributions by), Carmen L. Phelps (Contributions by), James Braxton Peterson (Contributions by), L. H. Stallings (Contributions by), Trudier Harris (Contributions by), Howard Rambsy (Contributions by), Dana A. Williams (Contributions by), Greg Carr (Contributions by), Alice Randall (Contributions by), David F. Green (Contributions by), Mat Johnson (Contributions by), Evie Shockley (Contributions by), Pia Deas (Contributions by), Richard Schur (Contributions by), Maryemma Graham (Contributions by), Martha Southgate (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253006264\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 August 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 3 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A compelling collection of essays on the ongoing relevance of African American literature to our collective understanding of American history, society, and culture. Featuring a wide array of writers from all corners of the literary academy, the book will have national appeal and offer strategies for teaching African American literature in colleges and universities across the country.\"—Gene Jarrett, \u003ci\u003eBoston University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Highly recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[This book describes] a fruitful tension that brings scholars of major reputation together with newly emerging critics to explore the full range of literary activities that have flourished in the post-Civil Rights era. Notable are such popular influences as hip-hop music and Oprah Winfrey's Book Club . . .\"—\u003ci\u003eAMERICAN LITERARY SCHOLARSHIP 2013\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, Lovalerie King and Shirley Moody-Turner have compiled a collection of essays that offer access to some of the most innovative contemporary black fiction while addressing important issues in current African American literary studies. Distinguished scholars Houston Baker, Trudier Harris, Darryl Dickson-Carr, and Maryemma Graham join writers and younger scholars to explore the work of Toni Morrison, Edward P. Jones, Trey Ellis, Paul Beatty, Mat Johnson, Kyle Baker, Danzy Senna, Nikki Turner, and many others. The collection is bracketed by a foreword by novelist and graphic artist Mat Johnson, one of the most exciting and innovative contemporary African American writers, and an afterword by Alice Randall, author of the controversial parody \u003ci\u003eThe Wind Done Gone\u003c\/i\u003e. Together, King and Moody-Turner make the case that diversity, innovation, and canon expansion are essential to maintaining the vitality of African American literary studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e  Mat Johnson, University of Houston\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Lovalerie King and Shirley Moody-Turner, Penn State University\u003cbr\u003e I. Politics of Publishing, Pedagogy, and Readership\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Point of Entanglement: Modernism, Diaspora, and Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eLove\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Houston A. Baker, Jr., Vanderbilt University\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Historical Burden that Only Oprah Can Bear: African American \u003cbr\u003e Satirists and the State of the Literature\u003cbr\u003e  Darryl Dickson-Carr, Southern Methodist University\u003cbr\u003e 3. Black is Gold: African American Literature, Literacy, and Pedagogical \u003cbr\u003e Legacies\u003cbr\u003e  Maryemma Graham, University of Kansas \u003cbr\u003e 4. Hip Hop Fiction (feat. Women Writers); or, Other Things Hip Hop Music Has Taught Black Fiction\u003cbr\u003e  Eve Dunbar, Vassar College \u003cbr\u003e 5. Street Literature and the Mode of Spectacular Writing: Popular Fiction between Sensationalism, Education, Politics and Entertainment\u003cbr\u003e  Kristina Graaff, Center for Metropolitan Studies, Technical University of Berlin\u003cbr\u003e II. Alternative Genealogies\u003cbr\u003e 6. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Slave: Visual Artistry as Agency in the \u003cbr\u003e Contemporary Narrative of Slavery\u003cbr\u003e  Evie Shockley, Rutgers University \u003cbr\u003e 7. Variations on the Theme: Black Family, Nationhood, Lesbianism and Sadomasochistic Desire in Marci Blackman's \u003ci\u003ePo Man's Child\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Carmen Phelps, University of Toledo\u003cbr\u003e 8. Bad-Brother-Man: Black Folk Figure Narratives in Comics\u003cbr\u003e  James Braxton Peterson, Bucknell University\u003cbr\u003e III. Beyond Authenticity\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sampling the Sonics of Sex (Funk) in Paul Beatty's \u003ci\u003eSlumberland\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e L. H. Stallings, Indiana University \u003cbr\u003e 10. Urkel No More? Black Geeks in Contemporary Black Literature\u003cbr\u003e  Alexander Weheliye, Northwestern University \u003cbr\u003e 11. The Crisis of Authenticity in Contemporary African American Literature\u003cbr\u003e  Richard Schur, Drury University \u003cbr\u003e 12. Someday We'll All Be Free: Contemporary Fiction and the Post-Oppression Narrative\u003cbr\u003e  Martha Southgate, Brooklyn Novelist \u003cbr\u003e IV. Pedagogical Approaches and Implications \u003cbr\u003e 13. Untangling History, Dismantling Fear: Teaching Tayari Jones's \u003ci\u003eLeaving Atlanta\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Trudier Harris, UNC-Chapel Hill, Emerita \u003cbr\u003e 14. Reading Kyle Baker's \u003ci\u003eNat Turner\u003c\/i\u003e with a Group of Collegiate Black Men\u003cbr\u003e  Howard Rambsy II, Southern Illinois University\u003cbr\u003e 15. Toward the Theoretical Practice of Conceptual Liberation: Using An Africana Studies Approach to Reading African American Literary Texts\u003cbr\u003e  Greg Carr, Howard University and Dana Williams, Howard University \u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e  Alice Randall, Vanderbilt Novelist\u003cbr\u003e Annotated Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Pia Deas, Lincoln University and David Green, St. Johns University\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523559747864,"sku":"9780253006264","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contemporary-african-american-literature-the-living-canon-paperback-softback-9780253006264","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}