John Wharton Lowe

Broschiertes Buch

Black Hibiscus

African Americans and the Florida Imaginary

Beschreibung

Explores Floridaâ s colonial past, focusing particularly on interactions between maroons who escaped enslavement, and on Albery Whitmanâ s The Rape of Florida, which also links Black people and Native Americans. Contributors consider film, folklore, and music, and key Black writers.

Autor

John Wharton Lowe (1945-2023) was Barbara Methvin Distinguished Professor of English and Latin American Studies at the University of Georgia. His books include Calypso Magnolia: The Crosscurrents of Caribbean and Southern Literature, which won the C. Hugh Holman Award and the Sharon L. Dean Award. He served as president of the Society for the Study of Southern Literature, the Southern American Studies Association, and the Louisiana Folklore Society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781496848604
• ISBN-10: 1496848608
• Artikelnr.: 69748822