{"product_id":"black-atlas-9780822357971","title":"Black Atlas","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e presents definitive new approaches to black geography, showing how the rethinking of place and scale can galvanize the study of black literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...an illuminating study of place and place-making.\"  -- James S. Finley * Transfers *\u003cbr\u003e\"Simply put: \u003ci\u003eBlack Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e flows. It is not narratively or conceptually simplistic—far from it ... Madera conducts readers through fluid valences of locale, terrain at once domestic, international, human, and economic.\" -- Regis M. Fox * Studies in the Novel *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlack Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e provides a series of inspiring new approaches to earlier African American literature while demonstrating the diverse interpretive possibilities available through a geographically attuned literary criticism.\" -- Martha Schoolman * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\"Making a compelling case for geography \u003ci\u003eas\u003c\/i\u003e flow (as well as geography \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e flow) in this examination of African American contributions to literature, Madera provides new insights into the complexities of 'place' that apply to any consideration of the relation between humans and their environments. Highly recommended.\" -- S. Petersheim * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"Madera’s book illuminates numerous fascinating literary histories that would on their own make \u003ci\u003eBlack Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e a treasure. But she does far more, which is to incisively theorize the relationship between the spatial imagination and literature. Her introduction is a stunning primer on key debates about geography that cuts across the fields of philosophy, literature, and cultural studies; it is essential reading for any literary scholar interested in place and space.\" -- Mary Caton Lingold * American Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. On Meaningful Worlds  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. National Geographic: The Writtings of William Wells Brown  24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Indigenes of Territory: Martin Delany and James Beckwourth  69\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. This House of Gathering: Axis Americanus  110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Civic Geographies and Intentional Communities  151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Creole Heteroglossia: Counter-Regionalism and the New Orleans Short Fiction of Alice Dunbar-Nelson  190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Post Scale: Place as Emergence  211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes  219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index  285","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406084743511,"sku":"9780822357971","price":98.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822357971.jpg?v=1730494472","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-atlas-9780822357971","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}