Black skin, blue books : African Americans and Wales, 1845-1945

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Label

Black skin, blue books : African Americans and Wales, 1845-1945

Title remainder

African Americans and Wales, 1845-1945

Statement of responsibility

Daniel G. Williams

Creator

• Williams, Daniel G

Contributor

• ebrary, Inc

Subject

• American Literature -- African American Authors | History And Criticism
• American Literature -- History And Criticism | 19Th Century
• American Literature -- History And Criticism | 20Th Century
• English Literature -- History And Criticism
• English Literature -- History And Criticism | 19Th Century
• African Americans
• English Literature -- Welsh Authors
• English literature -- Wales
• Welsh
• English Literature -- History And Criticism | 20Th Century

Language

eng

Summary

Annotation:

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

LC call number

E185

LC item number

.W55 2012eb

Series statement

• Writing Wales in English
• CREW series of critical and scholarly studies

Summary expansion

Black Skin, Blue Booksis a major contribution to the field of comparative transatlantic studies, as it analyzes the ways in which African Americans and the Welsh have defined themselves as minorities within larger nation states. This volume examines friendships and cultural exchanges between African Americans and the Welsh, such as actor Paul Robesons connections with socialists in Welsh mining communities and novelist Ralph Ellisons stories about his experiences as a GI stationed in wartime Swansea. Offering insights into national and ethnic identity, this wide-ranging book draws on literary, historical, visual, and musical sources to open new avenues of research in Welsh and African American studies: nationalism and assimilationism, religion and secularism, language and race, and cultural identity and political citizenship