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