A genealogy of literary multiculturalism /
Douglas, Christopher,1968-
Ithaca : Cornell University Press,
2009.
"In A Genealogy of Literary Multiculturism, Christopher Douglas uncovers the largely unacknowledged role played by ideas from sociology and anthropology in nourishing the politics and forms of minority writers from diverse backgrounds." "Ultimately, Douglas's "unified field theory" of multicultural literature brings together divergent African American, Asian American, Mexican American, and Native American literary traditions into one story: of how we moved from thinking about groups as races to thinking about groups as cultures - and then back again."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-361) and index.
Zora Neale Hurston, D'Arcy McNickle, and the culture of anthropology -- Richard Wright, Robert Park, and the literature of sociology -- Jade Snow Wong, Ralph Ellison, and desegregation -- John Okada and the sociology of internment -- Américo Paredes and the folklore of the border -- Toni Morrison, Frank Chin, and cultural nationalisms, 1965-1975 -- N. Scott Momaday : blood and identity -- Ishmael Reed and the search for survivals -- Gloria Anzaldúa, Aztlán, and Aztec survivals -- Conclusion : the multicultural complex and the incoherence of literary multiculturalism.
"In A Genealogy of Literary Multiculturism, Christopher Douglas uncovers the largely unacknowledged role played by ideas from sociology and anthropology in nourishing the politics and forms of minority writers from diverse backgrounds." "Ultimately, Douglas's "unified field theory" of multicultural literature brings together divergent African American, Asian American, Mexican American, and Native American literary traditions into one story: of how we moved from thinking about groups as races to thinking about groups as cultures - and then back again."--BOOK JACKET.
American literature
American literature
Multiculturalism in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Literature and anthropology
Multiculturalism
Anthropology
Genealogy of literary multiculturalism.