Afropessimism, Liminal Hotspots, and Claude McKay’s Aesthetic of Sovereign Rejection in Romance in Marseille
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DOI: 10.1215/00138282-8815071
Abstract: This article considers Claude McKay’s Romance in Marseille through two emerging fields of study: “Afropessimism” and anthropological theories of the “liminal hotspot.” It suggests that McKay’s novel functions as a critique of positive Harlem Renaissance… read more here.
Keywords: liminal hotspots; claude mckay; sovereign; afropessimism liminal ... See more keywords
Black Internationalism, Print Culture, and Political Education in Claude McKay’s Banjo
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DOI: 10.1215/01636545-11257395
Abstract: Over three decades ago, Robert Hill, the celebrated archivist and historian of the Universal Negro Improvement Association movement, argued that “the history of the audience is what’s missing in the history of black radicalism.” Building… read more here.
Keywords: political education; banjo; history; culture ... See more keywords