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      • Edited by Yogita Goyal, University of California, Los Angeles
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      December 2023
      December 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009159708
      9781009159715
      9781009159722
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009159708
      Dimensions:
      (235 x 155 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.619kg, 346 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (230 x 150 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.558kg, 346 Pages
      • Collection:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
      Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Collection:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
    Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    African American literature has changed in startling ways since the end of the Black Arts Era. The last five decades have generated new paradigms of racial formation and novel patterns of cultural production, circulation, and reception. This volume takes up the challenge of mapping the varied and changing field of contemporary African American writing. Balancing the demands of historical and political context with attention to aesthetic innovation, it considers the history, practice, and future directions of the field. Examining various historical forces shaping the creation of innovative genres, the turn to the afterlife of slavery, the pull toward protest, and the impact of new and expanded geographies and methods, this Companion provides an invaluable point of reference for readers seeking rigorous and cutting-edge analyses of contemporary African American literature.

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