ENGLISH

The Racial Unfamiliar: Illegibility in Black Literature and Culture

By John Brooks

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9780231555807
DOI
10.7312/broo20502
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5524252 bytes)
Pages
\301
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 01:43:05

Description

John Brooks examines a range of abstractionist, experimental, and genre-defying works by Black writers and artists that challenge how audiences perceive and imagine race. He argues that literature and visual art that exceed the confines of familiar conceptions of Black identity can upend received ideas about race and difference.

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