02683nam 2200541 450 991046592390332120200520144314.00-8130-5196-70-8130-5272-6(CKB)3710000001163556(MiAaPQ)EBC4843067(StDuBDS)EDZ0001805743(OCoLC)983783774(MdBmJHUP)muse60340(PPN)233069933(Au-PeEL)EBL4843067(CaPaEBR)ebr11375501(OCoLC)982487231(EXLCZ)99371000000116355620170508h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPrecarious passages the diasporic imagination in contemporary Black Anglophone fiction /Tuire ValkeakariGainesville, [Florida] :University Press of Florida,2017.©20171 online resource (345 pages)Previously issued in print: 2017.0-8130-6247-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: passages to (be)longing -- An African American journey to black diasporic consciousness: Charles Johnson's middle passage -- Early black Atlantic crossing: Lawrence Hill's the book of negroes -- War, trauma, displacement, diaspora: Toni Morrison's and Caryl Phillips's African American soldiers -- Journeys to the heart of empire after World War II: George Lamming's, Caryl Phillips's, and Andrea Levy's Caribbean migrants -- Roots, routes, and returns: Caryl Phillips's, Cecil Foster's, and Edwidge Danticat's Caribbean returnees.Drawing from Caribbean, U.S., Canadian, and British novels, Tuire Valkeakari examines how fiction written in English contributes to and comments upon the continuing transnational constructions of black diasporic identity. Valkeakari argues for the critical role that secular culture in general and fiction in particular play in creating symbolic connections to sustain the idea of a black diasporic community.English literatureBlack authorsHistory and criticismCaribbean literatureBlack authorsHistory and criticismElectronic books.English literatureBlack authorsHistory and criticism.Caribbean literatureBlack authorsHistory and criticism.820.9/896041Valkeakari Tuire973956MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465923903321Precarious passages2216777UNINA