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Writing Wales in English: Black Skin, Blue Books - African Americans and Wales 1845-1945 — African Americans and Wales 1845-1945
Writing Wales in English: Black Skin, Blue Books - African Americans and Wales 1845-1945 — African Americans and Wales 1845-1945
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Cyfrol sy'n ystyried y berthynas ddiwylliannol rhwng Cymru ac America Affricanaidd. Edrychir ar y diddymwr Affro-Americanaidd Frederick Douglass a ymwelodd â Chymru, a bwrir golwg ar waith y rhyddfrydwr Cymreig Samuel Robert ynghylch hiliaeth yn America.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
This is a ground breaking comparative study of the fascinating connections between African Americans and the Welsh, beginning in the era of slavery and concluding with the experiences of African American GIs in wartime Wales.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9780708319871
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9780708319871
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Writing Wales in English: Black Skin, Blue Books - African Americans and Wales 1845-1945 — African Americans and Wales 1845-1945
- Sub Title
- African Americans and Wales 1845-1945
- Awdur / Author
- Williams, Daniel
- Current Price ex VAT
- £14.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £14.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Available
- Availability Status (CY)
- Ar gael
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2012-08-31
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 360 pages
- Size
- 138 × 216 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: 19eg Ganrif (yn Saesneg) | EN: 19th Century (in English)
Cynnwys / Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Black Skins, Blue Books: Frederick Douglass, Abolitionism and Victorian Wales Wales and Transatlantic Abolitionism Translating Slavery Nationalism, Assimilation and ‘Miscegenation’ Conclusion 2. ‘In the Wide Margin’: Modernism and Ethnic Renaissance in Harlem and Wales Double Consciousnesses and the Bourgeoisie Modernism is Ordinary Gender, Anthropology and the Folk Conclusion 3. ‘They feel me a part of that land’: Paul Robeson, Race and the Making of Modern Wales Robeson’s Political and Cultural Thought: Nationalism and Internationalism Robeson’s Image: from The Emperor Jones to The Proud Valley ‘Aren’t We All Black Down that Pit?’: Robeson, Race and the Welsh Industrial Novel. Conclusion 4. The Invisible Man’s Welsh Routes: Ralph Ellison in Wartime Wales ‘The Star Spangled Banner’: ‘Black Yanks’ in Britain ‘Our national anthem’ and ‘God Save the King’: Welsh Identities ‘The Internationale’: Making Connections Conclusion Conclusion: 1945
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Daniel G. Williams is Senior Lecturer in English and Director of the Richard Burton Centre for the Study of Wales at Swansea University.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
Williams analyses and compares the ways in which African Americans and the Welsh have defined themselves as minorities within larger nation states (the UK and US). The study is grounded in examples of actual friendships and cultural exchanges between African Americans and the Welsh, such as Paul Robeson’s connections with the socialists of the Welsh mining communities, and novelist Ralph Ellison’s stories about his experiences as a GI stationed in wartime Swansea. This wide ranging book draws on literary, historical, visual and musical sources to open up new avenues of research in Welsh and African American studies.
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