What is African American Literature? - (Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos) by Margo N Crawford (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In "Toni Morrison on a Book She Loves," Morrison explains how Gayl Jones' novel Corregidora (1975) transformed African American women's literature. As Morrison remembers her first encounter of Corregidora, she foregrounds the textual production of affect (a "smile of disbelief" that she still "feels on her mouth" two years after reading Jones' manuscript). Morrison writes: What was uppermost in my mind while I read her manuscript was that no novel about any black woman could ever be the same after this . . . So deeply impressed was I that I hadn't time to be offended by the fact that she was twenty-four and had no "right" to know so much so well. . . Even now, almost two years later, I shake my head when I think of her, and the same smile of disbelief I could not hide when I met her, I feel on my mouth still as I write these lines"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>After Kenneth W. Warren's <i>What Was African American Literature?</i>, Margo N. Crawford delivers <i>What is African American Literature?</i></b></p> <p>The idea of African American literature may be much more than literature written by authors who identify as Black. <i>What is African American Literature?</i> focuses on feeling as form in order to show that African American literature is an archive of feelings, a tradition of the tension between uncontainable black affect and rigid historical structure. Margo N. Crawford argues that textual production of affect (such as blush, vibration, shiver, twitch, and wink) reveals that African American literature keeps reimagining a black collective nervous system.</p> <p>Crawford foregrounds the idea of African American literature and uncovers the black feeling world co-created by writers and readers. Rejecting the notion that there are no formal lines separating African American literature and a broader American literary tradition, Crawford contends that the distinguishing feature of African American literature is a moodscape that is as stable as electricity. Presenting a fresh perspective on the affective atmosphere of African American literature, this compelling text frames central questions around the idea of African American literature, shows the limits of historicism in explaining the mood of African American literature and addresses textual production in the creation of the African American literary tradition.</p> <p>Part of the acclaimed <i>Wiley Blackwell Manifestos</i> series, <i>What is African American Literature?</i> is a significant addition to scholarship in the field. Professors and students of American literature, African American literature, and Black Studies will find this book an invaluable source of fresh perspectives and new insights on America's black literary tradition.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>After Kenneth W. Warren's</b> <b><i>What Was African American Literature</i></b><b>?, Margo N. Crawford delivers</b> <b><i>What is African American Literature</i></b><b>?</b> <p>The idea of African American literature may be much more than literature written by authors who identify as "Black".<i> What is African American Literature?</i> focuses on feeling as form in order to show that African American literature is an archive of feelings, a tradition of the tension between uncontainable black affect and rigid historical structure. Margo N. Crawford argues that textual production of affect (such as blush, vibration, shiver, twitch, and wink) reveals that African American literature keeps reimagining a black collective nervous system. <p>Crawford foregrounds the "idea" of African American literature and uncovers the "black feeling world" co-created by writers and readers. Rejecting the notion that there are no formal lines separating African American literature and a broader American literary tradition, Crawford contends that the distinguishing feature of African American literature is a "moodscape" that is as stable as electricity. Presenting a fresh perspective on the affective atmosphere of African American literature, this compelling text frames central questions around the "idea" of African American literature, shows the limits of historicism in explaining the mood of African American literature and addresses textual production in the creation of the African American literary tradition. <p>Part of the acclaimed <i>Wiley Blackwell Manifestos</i> series<i>, What is African American Literature?</i> is a significant addition to scholarship in the field. Professors and students of American literature, African American literature, and Black Studies will find this book an invaluable source of fresh perspectives and new insights on America's black literary tradition.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Margo N. Crawford</b> is Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty Excellence and Director of the Center for Africana Studies. She is the author of <i>Black Post-Blackness: The Black Arts Movement and Twenty-First-Century Aesthetics</i> and <i>Dilution Anxiety and the Black Phallus.</i> She is co-editor of <i>Global Black Consciousness</i> and <i>New Thoughts on the Black Arts Movement.</i>
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