Browsing by Subject "African American Literature"
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(2016-11-28)Department: EnglishIn this intervention, I evaluate the literary work of Ralph Ellison with respect to other black writers of his time to explore the precise-rather than perceived-differences and similarities between his aesthetic and political ...
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(2017-12-19)Department: EnglishThe theory of “reparative purity” is employed by nineteenth century black women writers to reinstate black women’s respectability in spite of the real conditions of sexual violence under slavery and Reconstruction Era ...
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(2016-08-01)Department: EnglishDrawing on writings from the US, Cuba, Trinidad, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Liberia, my dissertation examines how ideas and experiences of racial categorization changed as Black individuals voluntarily crossed national ...