Animating Black and Brown Liberation: A Theory of American Literatures

by Michael Datcher

Animating Black and Brown Liberation introduces a vital new tool for reading American literatures. Rooted in both ancient Egyptian ideas about life and cutting-edge theories of animacy, or levels of aliveness, this tool-ankhing-enables Michael Datcher to examine the ways African American and Latinx literatures respond to and ultimately work to resist hegemonic forces of neoliberalism and state-sponsored oppression. Weaving together close readings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438473400
• ISBN13: 9781438473406
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"