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At Home in Diaspora: Black International Writing
Wendy Walters
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Description for At Home in Diaspora: Black International Writing
Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
Although he never lived in Harlem, Chester Himes commented that he experienced “a sort of pure homesickness” while creating the Harlem-set detective novels from his self-imposed exile in Paris. Through writing, Himes constructed an imaginary home informed both by nostalgia for a community he never knew and a critique of the racism he left behind in the United States. Half a century later, Michelle Cliff wrote about her native Jamaica from the United States, articulating a positive Caribbean feminism that at the same time acknowledged Jamaica’s homophobia and color prejudice.
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Although he never lived in Harlem, Chester Himes commented that he experienced “a sort of pure homesickness” while creating the Harlem-set detective novels from his self-imposed exile in Paris. Through writing, Himes constructed an imaginary home informed both by nostalgia for a community he never knew and a critique of the racism he left behind in the United States. Half a century later, Michelle Cliff wrote about her native Jamaica from the United States, articulating a positive Caribbean feminism that at the same time acknowledged Jamaica’s homophobia and color prejudice.
In At Home in Diaspora, Wendy Walters investigates the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Critical American Studies
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816644926
SKU
V9780816644926
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About Wendy Walters
Wendy W. Walters is assistant professor of literature at Emerson College.
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