The practice of diaspora : literature, translation, and the rise of Black internationalism /

The practice of diaspora : literature, translation, and the rise of Black internationalism / Brent Hayes Edwards.

A pathbreaking work of scholarship that will reshape our understanding of the Harlem Renaissance, The Practice of Diaspora revisits black transnational culture in the 1920s and 1930s, paying particular attention to links between intellectuals in New York and their Francophone counterparts in Paris.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edwards, Brent Hayes.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Maran, René, > 1887-1960.
Locke, Alain, > 1886-1954.
Nardal, Paulette, > 1896-1985.
McKay, Claude, > 1890-1948.
Padmore, George, > 1902-1959.
Kouyaté, Tiemoko Garan, > 1902-1942.
Du Bois, William, > 1903-1997.
Literature > Black authors > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Paris (France) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Variations on a preface
  • On reciprocity: René Maran and Alain Locke
  • Feminism and L'Internationalisme noir: Paulette Nardal
  • Vagabond internationalism: Claude McKay's Banjo
  • Inventing the black international: George Padmore and Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté
  • Coda: the last anthology.

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