See justice done: the problem of law in the african american literary tradition
Auteur :
Brown, Christopher Michael
Éditeur :
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN :
9781496848208
Date de publication :
15 janv. 2024
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
272 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Argues that African American literature has profound and deliberate legal roots. Tracing this throughline from the eighteenth century to the present, Christopher Brown demonstrates that engaging with legal culture in its many forms - including its conventions, paradoxes, and contradictions - is paramount to understanding Black writing.