Christopher Michael Brown

Broschiertes Buch

See Justice Done

The Problem of Law in the African American Literary Tradition

Beschreibung

Argues that African American literature has profound and deliberate legal roots. Tracing this throughline from the eighteenth century to the present, Christopher Brown demonstrates that engaging with legal culture in its many forms - including its conventions, paradoxes, and contradictions - is paramount to understanding Black writing.

Autor

Christopher Michael Brown is assistant professor of English at Wake Forest University, where he teaches courses on African American literature and legal culture. His research has been supported by fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Ford Foundation.

Produktdetails

• Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
• Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9781496848208
• ISBN-10: 1496848209
• Artikelnr.: 69593984