At Home in Diaspora: Black International Writing

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title At Home in Diaspora: Black International Writing
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Wendy Walters
SeriesCritical American Studies
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:206
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 149
Category/GenreLiterary studies - general
ISBN/Barcode 9780816644926
ClassificationsDewey:809
Audience
Undergraduate

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 10 July 2005
Publication Country United States

Description

Wendy Walters investigates the work of Chester Himes, Michelle Cliff, and three other twentieth-century black international writers-Caryl Phillips, Simon Njami, and Richard Wright-who have lived in and written from countries they do not call home. Unlike other authors in exile, those of the African diaspora are doubly displaced, first by the discrimination they faced at home and again by their life abroad.

Author Biography

Wendy W. Walters is assistant professor of literature at Emerson College.