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Terrell, Alice Marguerite.

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Themes of Blackness: Commonality and Unity in Selected African Heritage Literature.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Themes of Blackness: Commonality and Unity in Selected African Heritage Literature./
Author:	Terrell, Alice Marguerite.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
Description:	159 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-09(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-09A(E).
Subject:	Black studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10275131
ISBN:	9781369729146

Themes of Blackness: Commonality and Unity in Selected African Heritage Literature.
Terrell, Alice Marguerite.

Themes of Blackness: Commonality and Unity in Selected African Heritage Literature. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 159 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-09(E), Section: A.

Thesis (D.Litt.)--Drew University, 2017.

This dissertation will compare three categories of African heritage literature: Afro-Caribbean which also includes a work written by a white Cuban, works written by white American authors about black life and culture, and African-American works. The African Diaspora has had a vast impact on political, social, and cultural fibers of countries around the world. The diaspora for peoples of African descent began with slave trading. As a result, Africans and their descendants were dispersed throughout the Caribbean and the Americas. This dispersion has created fragmentation and distancing from African culture in the communities of diasporic African descendants. Persons of African descent born outside of Africa have been and continue to be victims of a scattered and fragmented culture. Yet, remnants of Mother Africa are present in African Heritage literature. Thus, the question answered in this project is: How does African Heritage literature depict the themes of the black diaspora experience and create unity and commonality in a fragmented culture?

ISBN: 9781369729146Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122689
Black studies.

Themes of Blackness: Commonality and Unity in Selected African Heritage Literature.
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