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"Who set you flowin'?" : the African-American migration narrative /

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This is a study of migration as depicted in African-American literature, letters, music and painting. Covering the period 1923-1992, the author identifies the "migration narrative" as a dominant African-American cultural tradition

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Griffin, Farah Jasmine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Series:Race and American culture.
Subjects:
Centro para la Promoción de la Conservación del Suelo y del Agua > Buenos Aires
Andrae, A.
University of South Alabama
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
Rural-urban migration in literature.
Migration, Internal, in literature.
City and town life in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Roman américain > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Exode rural dans la littérature.
Migration intérieure dans la littérature.
Vie urbaine dans la littérature.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Narration.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African Americans in literature
American fiction > African American authors
City and town life in literature
Migration, Internal, in literature
Rural-urban migration in literature
Binnenwanderung > Motiv
Binnenwanderung
Erzählung
Kultur
Literatur
Migration
Schwarze > Motiv
Schwarze
Schwärze
USA
Fictie.
Migratie (demografie)
Zwarten.
Vie rurale > Dans la littérature.
Noirs américains > Dans la littérature.
Black persons > Culture > History
United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. "Boll Weevil in the Cotton/Devil in the White Man": Reasons for Leaving the South
  • 2. The South in the City: The Initial Confrontation with the Urban Landscape
  • 3. Safe Spaces and Other Places: Navigating the Urban Landscape
  • 4. To Where from Here? The Final Vision of the Migration Narrative
  • 5. New Directions for the Migration Narrative: Thoughts on Jazz.