A genealogy of literary multiculturalism
By: Christopher Douglas.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780801447693
Subjects: American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Multiculturalism in literature; Minorities in literature; Literature and anthropology -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Multiculturalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Anthropology -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Zora Neale Hurston, D'Arcy McNickle, and the culture of anthropology; title: Richard Wright, Robert Park, and the literature of sociology; title: Jade Snow Wong, Ralph Ellison, and desegregation; title: John Okada and the sociology of internment; title: Américo Paredes and the folklore of the border; title: Toni Morrison, Frank Chin, and cultural nationalisms, 1965-1975; title: N. Scott Momaday : blood and identity; title: Ishmael Reed and the search for survivals; title: Gloria Anzaldúa, Aztlán, and Aztec survivals; title: Conclusion : the multicultural complex and the incoherence of literary multiculturalism.