Crossroutes The Meanings of "Race" for the 21st Century

This collection reflects the still urgent project of historical recuperation, as well as an examination of literary representations and other cultural manifestations of the black diaspora. Disciplinary work within the boundaries of African-American studies has been enhanced by more general considerations of the history of "race" and racism in globalized contexts. The articles assembled here reflect recent empirical research as well as challenging theoretical considerations. Contributions address particular formations of racialized modernity owed to the impact of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery, thus broadening the approach to the middle passage, and improving our understanding of it as a constitutive transatlantic phenomenon in the widest possible sense.Boi, Paola is the author of 'Crossroutes The Meanings of "Race" for the 21st Century' with ISBN 9783825866518 and ISBN 3825866513.