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Race and the Production of Modern American Nationalism

Edited by Reynolds J. Scott-Childress

This important book addresses the ways race has both helped and hindered Americans in determining national identity. Contributors consider race and American nationalism from…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2016-6 (Routledge)

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Black Women Playwrights

Visions on the American Stage

By Carol P. Marsh-LockettEdited by Carol P. Marsh-Lockett

This collection of critical essays on plays by African American female playwrights from the post-reconstruction period to the present provides thematic analyses of plays by…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2746-2 (Routledge)

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Multicultural Detective Fiction

Murder from the "Other" Side

By Adrienne J. GosselinEdited by Adrienne Johnson Gosselin

This collection of original essays is the first to evaluate multicultural detective fiction from a scholarly perspective. The contributors tackle such issues as…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3153-7 (Routledge)

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Women on the Edge

Ethnicity and Gender in Short Stories by American Women

Edited by Corinne H. Dale

This collection of essays explores the intertwining social conditions of ethnicity and gender as they are represented in short stories by contemporary American women. The…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3247-3 (Routledge)

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Ethnicity and the American Short Story

Edited by Julie Brown

How do different ethnic groups approach the short story form? Do different groups develop culture-related themes? Do oral traditions within a particular culture shape the…

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1997 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2105-7 (Routledge)

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Granny Midwives and Black Women Writers

Double-Dutched Readings

By Valerie Lee

Midwives, women healers and root workers have been central figures in the African American folk traditions. Particularly in Black communities in the rural south, these…

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1996 | Paperback: 978-0-415-91508-3 (Routledge)

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The Jewish Diaspora in Latin America

New Studies on History and Literature

Edited by David Sheinin, Lois Baer Barr

A current and comprehensive collection of articles on the Jewish presence in Latin America, this multidisciplinary volume draws on the research and analysis of some…

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1996 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2283-2 (Routledge)

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Representing Black Men

Edited by Marcellus Blount, George Cunningham

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1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-90759-0 (Routledge)

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Literary Influence and African-American Writers

Collected Essays

Edited by Tracy Mishkin

1995 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-1724-1 (Routledge)

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Langston Hughes

The Man, His Art, and His Continuing Influence

Edited by C. James Trotman

Poet, dramatist, writer of short fiction, translator, activist, and social critic, Langston Hughes was a major figure in American letters of the 20th century and…

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1995 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-1763-0 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Black Women in American Literature of the South
By Sherita L. Johnson
To be published March 15th 2009

Blackness and Transatlantic Irish Identity: Celtic Soul Brothers
By Lauren Onkey
To be published June 15th 2009

Remapping Citizenship and the Nation in African American Literature
By Stephen Knadler
To be published July 1st 2009

Rhetoric, Body, Style: Intersections of Gender, Sexuality, Religion and Race
By Patricia PARKER
To be published March 1st 2010

Travel Writing and Atrocities: Eyewitness Accounts of Colonialism in the Congo, Angola and the Putumayo
By Robert Burroughs
To be published April 15th 2010

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