Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora

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1. Critical Perspectives on Afro-Latin American Literature

   Edited by Antonio D. Tillis

   Series: Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora

   After generations of being rendered virtually invisible by the US academy in critical anthologies and literary histories, writing by Latin Americans of African ancestry has become represented by a booming corpus of intellectual and critical investigation. This volume aims to provide an introduction...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
2. Geographies of the Haitian Diaspora

   Edited by Regine O. Jackson

   Series: Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora

   This book considers the full sweep of Haitian community invention and recreation in a multitude of national territories, with an eye toward the "place" factors that shape the everyday lives of Haitian migrants. Regine O. Jackson brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore how...

   Published May 17th 2011 by Routledge
3. Sex and Race in the Black Atlantic

   Mulatto Devils and Multiracial Messiahs

   By Daniel McNeil

   Series: Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora

   This is the first book to place the self-fashioning of mixed-race individuals in the context of a Black Atlantic. Drawing on a wide range of sources and a diverse cast of characters – from the diaries, letters, novels and plays of femme fatales in Congo and the United States to the advertisements,...

   Published May 15th 2011 by Routledge
4. Representing the Black Female Subject in Western Art

   By Charmaine A. Nelson

   Series: Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora

   This book offers the first concentrated examination of the representation of the black female subject in Western art through the lenses of race/color and sex/gender. Charmaine A. Nelson poses critical questions about the contexts of production, the problems of representation, the pathways of...

   Published June 7th 2010 by Routledge