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UNINA9910247444603321 |
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Autore |
Claborn John |
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Titolo |
Civil rights and the environment in African-American literature, 1895-1941 / / John Claborn |
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London ; ; New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Environmental cultures ; ; 11 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - African American authors - History and criticism |
Ecology in literature |
Environmentalism in literature |
Civil rights in literature |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Up from nature: racial uplift and ecological agencies in Booker T. Washington's autobiographies -- W. E. B. Du Bois at the Grand Canyon: nature, history, and race in A darkwater -- The crisis, the politics of nature, and the Harlem Renaissance: Effie Lee Newsome's eco-poetics -- Sawmills and swamps: ecological collectives in Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and men and Their eyes were watching God -- From black Marxism to industrial ecosystem: racial and ecological crisis in William Attaway's Blood on the forge -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores how African-American writers in the early 20th century - including Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois and Effie Lee Newsome - grappled with environmental crisis in the context of the civil rights movement. |
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