LEADER 02683nam 2200541 450 001 9910465923903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8130-5196-7 010 $a0-8130-5272-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000001163556 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4843067 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001805743 035 $a(OCoLC)983783774 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse60340 035 $a(PPN)233069933 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4843067 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11375501 035 $a(OCoLC)982487231 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001163556 100 $a20170508h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPrecarious passages $ethe diasporic imagination in contemporary Black Anglophone fiction /$fTuire Valkeakari 210 1$aGainesville, [Florida] :$cUniversity Press of Florida,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (345 pages) 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a0-8130-6247-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aDrawing 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. 606 $aEnglish literature$xBlack authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCaribbean literature$xBlack authors$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xBlack authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCaribbean literature$xBlack authors$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a820.9/896041 700 $aValkeakari$b Tuire$0973956 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465923903321 996 $aPrecarious passages$92216777 997 $aUNINA