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Towards post-Blackness : a critical study of Rita Dove's poetry /

"The book is a detailed introduction to Post-Blackness as a literary aesthetic, tracing its emergence to the philosophical movement that defined itself in the visual arts towards the end of the twentieth century. Aiming to redefine African American identity in a postethnic era, it highlights th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roy, Lekha (Author)
Other Authors: Singh, Amritjit (author of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lausanne ; New York : Peter Lang, [2023]
Series:Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 543.
Subjects:
Dove, Rita > Criticism and interpretation.
Dove, Rita.
American poetry > African American authors > History and criticism.
Post-racialism.
Black people > Race identity.
Race in literature.
Poésie américaine > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Société postraciale.
Personnes noires > Identité ethnique.
Race dans la littérature.
American poetry > African American authors.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Transcultural space in The yellow house on the corner and Museum
  • History and historicity in Thomas and Beulah and On the bus with Rosa Parks
  • Deconstructing myths in Grace notes and Mother love
  • Redefining black aesthetics in American smooth and Sonata mulattica
  • Jouissance : the philosopher's Playlist for the apocalypse
  • Conclusion.