Mapping the world differently
African American travel writing about Spain
- ISBN: 9788437096346
- Editorial: Publicacions de la Universitat de València
- Fecha de la edición: 2015
- Lugar de la edición: Valencia. España
- Colección: Biblioteca Javier Coy d'Estudis Nord-Americans
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 148
- Idiomas: Inglés
This book examines the rich collection of travel writing about Spain by twentieth-century African American writers as Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and Frank Verby, surveying the ways in which such authors perceive Spain's place in the world. From the vantage point of Spain, these African American writers create transformative literary maps of the world that invite readers to reconsider their relations to others.This book examines the rich collection of travel writing about Spain by twentieth-century African American writers as Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and Frank Verby, surveying the ways in which such authors perceive Spain's place in the world. From the vantage point of Spain, these African American writers create transformative literary maps of the world that invite readers to reconsider their relations to others.
