| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: "not like an arrow, but a boomerang," or the lifecycles of twentieth century African American literary papers -- Black special collections and the midcentury rise of the institutional collector -- Claude McKay's archival rebirth : provenance and politics in Amiable with Big Teeth -- "At once both document and symbol": Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and the Lafargue Clinic Photographic Archive -- An interlude concerning the vanishing manuscripts of Ann Petry -- "Too obscure for learned classification": comic books, counterculture, and archival invisibility in Invisible Man -- Coda. disappointed bridges : a note on the discovery of Amiable with Big Teeth. |
| Summary |
Shadow Archives brings to life a slew of newly discovered texts to tell the stories of black special collections and their struggle for institutional recognition. Jean-Christophe Cloutier offers revelatory readings of major African American writers and provides a nuanced view of how archives shape literary history. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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American literature -- 20th century -- Information resources.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Information resources. |
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American literature -- 20th century -- Research -- Methodology.
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Research. |
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Methodology. |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cloutier, Jean-Christophe. Shadow archives. New York : Columbia University Press, 2019 9780231193306 (DLC) 2019006299 |
| ISBN |
0231550243 (electronic book) |
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9780231550246 (electronic book) |
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9780231193306 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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