Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era (Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture)

By: Tiffany Austin and Sequoia Maner and Emily Ruth Rutter and Darlene Anita Scott

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Synopsis: Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era is an edited collection of critical essays and poetry that investigates contemporary elegy within the black diaspora. Scores of contemporary writers have turned to elegiac poetry and prose in order to militate against the white supremacist logic that has led to recent deaths of unarmed black men, women, and children. This volume combines scholarly and creative understandings of the elegy in order to discern how mourning feeds our political awareness in this dystopian time as writers attempt to see, hear, and say something in relation to the bodies of the dead as well as to living readers. Moreover, this book provides a model for how to productively interweave theoretical and deeply personal accounts to encourage discussions about art and activism that transgress disciplinary boundaries, as well as lines of race, gender, class, and nation.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 282 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000736700
Related ISBNs:: 9780367853549, 9780367276386, 9780367276386, 9780367321581, 9780367321581, 9780367276386, 9780367321581, 9780367853549
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 12/20/19
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Poetry, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Tiffany Austin
Edited by:: Sequoia Maner
Edited by:: Emily Ruth Rutter
Edited by:: Darlene anita Scott