The Black Indian in American Literature

• Author(s): K. Byars-Nichols,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 129
• ISBN_10: 1137389184
  ISBN_13: 9781137389183
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / American / General , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Social Science / General , Literary Criticism / Modern / General , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... The first book-length study of the figure of the black Indian in American Literature, this project explores themes of nation, culture, and performativity. Moving from the Post-Independence period to the Contemporary era, Byars-Nichols re-centers a marginalized group challenges stereotypes and conventional ways of thinking about race and culture.