Caribbean waves
Subtitle: relocating Claude McKay and Paule Marshall
By: Heather Hathaway.
Series: Blacks in the diaspora
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation; Marshall, Paule, 1929- -- Criticism and interpretation; American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- West Indian influences; West Indian Americans -- Intellectual life; West Indian Americans in literature; African Americans in literature; Blacks in literature; Caribbean Area -- In literature
Description: "Heather Hathaway investigates the lives and writings of two of the most prominent African Caribbean immigrant authors in the United States, Claude McKay (1890-1948) and Paule Marshall (b. 1929). Although both writers traditionally have been studied within the realm of African American literature, their works are significantly shaped by their backgrounds as Caribbean immigrants."--BOOK JACKET.

"Caribbean Waves explores the ways in which literature can probe the complexities of displacement and identity construction that often accompany migratory experiences. Analysis of McKay's and Marshall's works reveals how the forces of migration, racial and national affiliation, and "Americanization" can merge to produce uniquely hybridized, and at times profoundly homeless, black American immigrant identities."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-193) and index.