Title "Who set you flowin'?" : the African-American migration narrative / Farah Jasmine Griffin

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations Series Race and American culture Race and American culture. Contents 1. "Boll Weevil in the Cotton/Devil in the White Man": Reasons for Leaving the South -- 2. The South in the City: The Initial Confrontation with the Urban Landscape -- 3. Safe Spaces and Other Places: Navigating the Urban Landscape -- 4. To Where from Here? The Final Vision of the Migration Narrative -- 5. New Directions for the Migration Narrative: Thoughts on Jazz Summary This is a study of migration as depicted in African-American literature, letters, music and painting. Covering the period 1923-1992, the author identifies the "migration narrative" as a dominant African-American cultural tradition Analysis Black persons Culture History United States Notes Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Yale University) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record SUBJECT Andrae, A. gnd Centro para la Promoción de la Conservación del Suelo y del Agua Buenos Aires gnd University of South Alabama gnd Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism Rural-urban migration in literature. Migration, Internal, in literature. City and town life in literature. African Americans in literature. Narration (Rhetoric) LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African Americans in literature. American fiction -- African American authors. City and town life in literature. Migration, Internal, in literature. Narration (Rhetoric) Rural-urban migration in literature. Binnenwanderung Motiv Binnenwanderung Erzählung Kultur Literatur Migration Schwarze Motiv Schwarze Fictie. Migratie (demografie) Negers. Roman américain -- Auteurs noirs américains -- Histoire et critique. Exode rural dans la littérature. Vie rurale -- Dans la littérature. Noirs américains -- Dans la littérature. Schwärze USA Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780198024965 0198024967 9780195088977 0195088972 9780195088960 0195088964 9786610558742 6610558744 9780199855148 0199855145 9780195358445 0195358449 1423738489 9781423738480 1280558741 9781280558740

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