Cross-Cultural Visions in African American Modernism: From Spatial Narrative to Jazz Haiku

by Yoshinobu Hakutani

Yoshinobu Hakutani traces the development of African American modernism, which initially gathered momentum with Richard Wright's literary manifesto "Blueprint for Negro Writing" in 1937. Hakutani dissects and discusses the cross-cultural influences on the then-burgeoning discipline in three stages: American dialogues, European and African cultural visions, and Asian and African American cross-cultural visions.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814257240
• ISBN13: 9780814257241
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"