Haunting and Displacement in African American Literature and Culture

Looking at texts by authors including Toomer, Morrison, Baldwin, and Kaufmann, in this study Parham describes the phenomena of haunting, displacement, and ghostliness as endemic to modern African American literature and culture. Not only does memory often drive African American cultural production, but such memory often arrives to artists from elsewhere, from other times, spaces, and experiences.

Author: Marisa Parham
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/06/2011
Pages: 162
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780415888585

About the Author
Marisa Parham is Assistant Professor of English at Amherst College and her articles have appeared in Callaloo and ELH.