African American Literature in Transition, 1800-1830: Volume 2, 1800-1830

Hardback

Main Details

Title African American Literature in Transition, 1800-1830: Volume 2, 1800-1830
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Jasmine Nichole Cobb
SeriesAfrican American Literature in Transition
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:366
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 158
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary reference works
Slavery and abolition of slavery
ISBN/Barcode 9781108429078
ClassificationsDewey:810.80896
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 May 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

African American literature in the years between 1800 and 1830 emerged from significant transitions in the cultural, technological, and political circulation of ideas. Transformations included increased numbers of Black organizations, shifts in the physical mobility of Black peoples, expanded circulation of abolitionist and Black newsprint as well as greater production of Black authored texts and images. The perpetuation of slavery in the early American republic meant that many people of African descent conveyed experiences of bondage or promoted abolition in complex ways, relying on a diverse array of print and illustrative forms. Accordingly, this volume takes a thematic approach to African American literature from 1800 to 1830, exploring Black organizational life before 1830, movement and mobility in African American literature, and print culture in circulation, illustration, and the narrative form.

Author Biography

Jasmine Nichole Cobb is the Bacca Foundation Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University. She is the author of Picture Freedom: Remaking Black Visuality in the Early Nineteenth Century (2015). She teaches courses on black visual culture and representation. Cobb earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and is a recipient of the American Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW).