A Genealogy of Literary Multiculturalism.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (385 pages)
Cover -- A GENEALOGY OF LITERARY MULTICULTURALISM -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Multiculturalism's Cultural Revolution -- 1. Zora Neale Hurston, D'Arcy McNickle, and the Culture of Anthropology -- 2. Richard Wright, Robert Park, and the Literature of Sociology -- 3. Jade Snow Wong, Ralph Ellison, and Desegregation -- 4. John Okada and the Sociology of Internment -- 5. Américo Paredes and the Folklore of the Border -- 6. Toni Morrison, Frank Chin, and Cultural Nationalisms, 1965-1975 -- 7. N. Scott Momaday: Blood and Identity -- 8. Ishmael Reed and the Search for Survivals -- 9. Gloria Anzaldúa, Aztlán, and Aztec Survivals -- Conclusion: The Multicultural Complex and the Incoherence of Literary Multiculturalism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Uncovering the unacknowledged role of sociology and anthropology in nourishing the politics and forms of minority writers in America.
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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.