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Probing essays that examine critical issues surrounding the United States's ever-expanding international cultural identity in the postcolonial era At the beginning of the twenty-first century, we may be in a "transnational" moment, increasingly aware of the ways in which local and national narratives, in literature and elsewhere, cannot be conceived apart from a radically new sense of shared human histories and global interdependence. To think transnationally about literature, history, and culture requires a study of the evolution of hybrid identities within nation-states and diasporic identities across national boundaries. Studies addressing issues of race, ethnicity, and empire in U.S. culture have provided some of the most innova-tive and controversial contributions to recent scholarship. Postcolonial Theory and the United States: Race, Ethnicity, and Literature represents a new chapter in the emerging dialogues about the importance of borders on a global scale. This book collects nineteen essays written in the 1990s in this emergent field by both well established and up-and-coming scholars. Almost all the essays have been either especially written for this volume or revised for inclusion here. These essays are accessible, well-focused resources for college and university students and their teachers, displaying both historical depth and theoretical finesse as they attempt close and lively readings. The anthology includes more than one discussion of each literary tradition associated with major racial or ethnic communities. Such a gathering of diverse, complementary, and often competing viewpoints provides a good introduction to the cultural differences and commonalities that comprise the United States today. The volume opens with two essays by the editors: first, a survey of the ideas in the individual pieces, and, second, a long essay that places current debates in U.S. ethnicity and race studies within both the history of American studies as a whole and recent developments in postcolonial theory. Amritjit Singh, a professor of English and African American studies at Rhode Island College, is coeditor of Conversations with Ralph Ellison and Conversations with Ishmael Reed (both from University Press of Mississippi). Peter Schmidt, a professor of English at Swarthmore College, is the author of The Heart of the Story: Eudora Welty's Short Fiction (University Press of Mississippi).

Sociology of minorities --- Thematology --- American literature --- anno 1900-1999 --- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. --- American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism. --- Ethnic groups -- United States -- History -- 20th century. --- Minorities -- United States -- Intellectual life. --- Postcolonialism -- United States. --- Race in literature --- Ethnic groups --- Minorities --- Postcolonialism --- Postcolonialism in literature --- Ethnic groups in literature --- Minorities in literature --- Ethnicity in literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- American Literature --- History and criticism --- Minority authors --- History --- Intellectual life --- Ethnic groups in literature. --- Ethnicity in literature. --- Minorities in literature. --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Race in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Intellectual life. --- Post-colonialism --- Postcolonial theory --- Political science --- Decolonization --- Minorities as a theme in literature --- Ethnic identities --- Ethnic nations (Ethnic groups) --- Groups, Ethnic --- Kindred groups (Ethnic groups) --- Nationalities (Ethnic groups) --- Peoples (Ethnic groups) --- Ethnology --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- Minority authors&delete& --- Littérature américaine --- Minorités --- Postcolonialisme --- Décolonisation --- Groupe ethnique --- Ethnicité --- Auteurs appartenant à des minorités --- Histoire et critique --- Dans la littérature --- 20e siècle --- États-Unis

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#KVHA:Verenigde Staten --- #KVHA:American Studies --- American studies --- Study and teaching --- United States --- Civilization

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American literature --- anno 1900-1999 --- New York City --- New York City [New York]

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This collection contains nineteen interdisciplinary essays that explore the continuing cultural, political, and social impact of the Partition on India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh as well as in the South Asian diaspora. It focuses on neglected areas in the existing scholarship on the subject-themes as well as regions within South Asia-that illustrate Vazira Zamindar's idea of a "Long Partition."

Collective memory --- Memory --- Politics and culture --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- India --- History --- Influence.

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Van Vechten, Carl --- Hughes, Langston --- Locke, John --- McKay, Claude --- Hurston, Zora Neale --- Larsen, Nella --- Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt