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literary transnationalism and African American poetics
This work examines the role of women poets of African descent in shaping the history of the Americas. Focusing on three women whose poetry wrestled with the sociopolitical predicaments of the late 19th century, the book ventures a broader definition of African American literature by placing it in a hemispheric context.
What is between the lines -- Translations of transnational black icons in the poetics of Frances Harper -- Signs of blood: redemption songs and "American" poetry beyond borders -- Write the vision: gender and nation beyond emancipation -- Prison breaks: modes of escape in Auta de Souza's poetics of freedom -- Where do we go from here?: the implications of textual migrations -- Afrodescendente history as/and transnational poetics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011