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Writing the Future of Black America: Literature of the Hip-Hop Generation
Daniel Grassian
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Description for Writing the Future of Black America: Literature of the Hip-Hop Generation
Hardcover. Explores the works of African American writers born in the 1960s and 1970s. This book explores the work of eight representative African American writers of the hip-hop generation to assess their common themes and offer insights into contemporary race relations in America as expressed and challenged in their works. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; AVGR; DS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
This book presents an insightful exploration into the works of African American writers born in the 1960s and 1970s. ""Writing the Future of Black America"" explores the work of eight representative African American writers of the hip-hop generation to assess their common themes and offer insights into contemporary race relations in America as expressed and challenged in their works. In this groundbreaking study, Daniel Grassian takes as his subjects a group of impressive novelists, essayists, poets, and playwrights - Paul Beatty, Trey Ellis, Terrence Hayes, Allison Joseph, Jake Lamar, Suzan-Lori Parks, Danzy Senna, and Colson Whitehead - to chart the ... Read more
This book presents an insightful exploration into the works of African American writers born in the 1960s and 1970s. ""Writing the Future of Black America"" explores the work of eight representative African American writers of the hip-hop generation to assess their common themes and offer insights into contemporary race relations in America as expressed and challenged in their works. In this groundbreaking study, Daniel Grassian takes as his subjects a group of impressive novelists, essayists, poets, and playwrights - Paul Beatty, Trey Ellis, Terrence Hayes, Allison Joseph, Jake Lamar, Suzan-Lori Parks, Danzy Senna, and Colson Whitehead - to chart the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781570037818
SKU
V9781570037818
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About Daniel Grassian
Daniel Grassian is the chair of the Department of Humanities and assistant professor of English at Nevada State College in Henderson. He is the author of Understanding Sherman Alexie and Hybrid Fictions: American Literature and Generation X.
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