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Who Set You Flowin: The African-American Migration Narrative
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Abstract
This book is the first sustained study of migration as it is portrayed in African American literature, letters, music, and painting. It identifies the “migration narrative” as a dominant African American cultural tradition. Covering a period from 1923 to 1992, the book provides close readings of novels, autobiographies, songs, poetry, and painting; in so doing it carves out a framework that allows for a more inclusive reading of African American cultural forms.
Keywords: African American literature, African American cultural tradition, migration narrative, novels, autobiographies, songs, poetry, paintings, letters
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1995 | Print ISBN-13: 9780195088960 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195088960.001.0001 |
