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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451100803321

Autore

Bailey Nurse Donna <1961->

Titolo

What's a Black critic to do? [[electronic resource] ] : interviews, profiles, and reviews of Black writers / / Donna Bailey Nurse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, Ont., : Insomniac Press, c2003

ISBN

1-280-91061-5

9786610910618

1-4593-0913-8

1-897414-53-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/896072

Soggetti

Canadian literature - Black authors - History and criticism

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

African Americans - Intellectual life

Black people - Canada - Intellectual life

African Americans in literature

Black people in literature

Race in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Preface; By Way of Introduction; Profiles; Interviews; Reviews; Coda

Sommario/riassunto

This groundbreaking collection of profiles, interviews, essays and reviews on such well-known black writers and artists as Nalo Hopkinson, Dionne Brand, Austin Clarke, Lawrence Hill and Edwidge Danticat constitutes a frank conversation on the significance of race in contemporary Black Canadian and American literature. What's a Black Critic to Do? is for anyone looking for a way to talk about the sometimes-taboo topic of race, as it appears in novels, movies and plays. Of interest to Black readers as well as teachers, librarians and book club members, this book is a vital snapshot of contempora