Caribbean American narratives of belonging /
"Analyzes memoirs, picture books, comic books, young adult novels, musicals, and television shows through which Caribbean Americans recount and celebrate their contributions to contemporary politics, culture, and activism in the United States."--
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Columbus :
The Ohio State University Press,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Performing Caribbean Americanness
- A vision of belonging in political campaign books and civic memoirs
- "Big citizens" and public advocacy
- Picturing Caribbean American childhoods
- Education, love, and belonging in young adult fiction
- Miles Morales as multimodal Caribbean American superhero
- Visualizing belonging
- Staging Caribbean American lives in the shadow of West Side Story
- Conclusion: Aspirational whiteness and the limits of belonging.