A Literary Revolution / Edition 1

by Sandra M. Grayson

Overview

Original works, diverse perspectives, and multiple disciplines intersect in A Literary Revolution. This book features much-needed perspectives of people of African descent and delves into those perspectives through the use of literature, film, short stories, poetry, and philosophy. Through various academic disciplines, Sandra M. Grayson provides a wide variety for this remarkable anthology. Contributors to this anthology include activists, award-winning writers, internationally recognized professors, and new scholars, each with their own distinct voice. A Literary Revolution examines significant issues that are generally overlooked or that have not yet been fully explored through the analyses of selected subjects and innovative creative writing. The topics of focus include, exile from South Africa, Americanization, African philosophy, and black writers and filmmakers, among many more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761839248
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	11/15/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	6.07(w) x 9.28(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Sandra M. Grayson is Professor of English at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is the author of Visions of the Third Millennium: Black Science Fiction Novelists Write the Future (2003) and Symbolizing the Past: Reading Sankofa, Daughters of the Dust, and Eve's Bayou as Histories (2000). A Literary Revolution is another significant contribution to scholarship by Sandra M. Grayson.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Foreword
Part 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Introduction
Part 4 South Africa
Chapter 5 From Azania and Back: Reflections on Exile
Chapter 6 An Interview with Lavinia Africa
Chapter 7 Baton Charged
Chapter 8 Walking into the Sea
Chapter 9 Politics of Multilingualism in South Africa
Chapter 10 Reunion at the Jazz Castle
Chapter 11 Voice in the New South Africa
Chapter 12 Engineering Patriotism: Americanization and Afrikanerization
Chapter 13 Economic Aspects of Historical African Art
Part 14 Literature and Film
Chapter 15 Screen Jelimuso: Julie Dash and Political Films
Chapter 16 Recalling Sovereign Kentakes: Pauline Hopkins' Of One Blood
Chapter 17 An Interview with Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo
Chapter 18 Pauline Hopkins and Social Justice
Chapter 19 Trans-Atlantic Dimensions: Exploring Amistad and Sankofa
Chapter 20 Jean Toomer's "Kabnis": Family Portrait as Face of the South
Part 21 Short Stories and Poetry
Chapter 22 Transfiguration
Chapter 23 Silent Steps
Chapter 24 Pain
Chapter 25 Can You Hook a Brother Up?
Chapter 26 Dilla
Chapter 27 Queen Etouffée
Chapter 28 Rip Tide
Chapter 29 Will Mamadou Serve as Guide
Part 30 Philosophy
Chapter 31 Who's Afraid of African Philosophy
Chapter 32 The Science of African Epistemology
Chapter 33 African Traditional Medicine: The Metaphysical Foundation
Chapter 34 Yoruba Names and Meanings: A Metaphysical Interpretation
Part 35 Index
Part 36 Contributors