{"product_id":"the-last-darky-9780822336051","title":"The Last Darky","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines the use of Africa as a figure in the Harlem Renaissance and looks at the place of that movement within a wider Black modernism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Louis Chude-Sokei’s innovative study not only brings overdue attention to Bert Williams. It deepens our understanding of black modernity and redirects the study of minstrelsy as well. A rich, wide-ranging book, it is filled with resonant insights and brilliant collocations.”—Nathaniel Mackey, author of \u003ci\u003eParacritical Hinge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With theoretical verve and archival aplomb, Louis Chude-Sokei explores an open secret that we too often have preferred to ignore: the central role of black minstrelsy in the origins of the Harlem Renaissance. Starting with the simple fact of Bert Williams’s Caribbean origins, he finds the multiple layers of masquerade in any performance of ‘race.’ A timely, often profound portrait of the dynamics of intraracial difference in diaspora.”—Brent Hayes Edwards, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of Diaspora \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Black Minstrel, Black Modernism 17\u003cbr\u003e 2. Migrations of a Mask 46\u003cbr\u003e 3. Theorizing Black-on-Black Cross-Culturality 82\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Global Economy of Minstrelsy 114\u003cbr\u003e 5. \u003ci\u003eIn Dahomy\u003c\/i\u003e 161\u003cbr\u003e 6. Claude McKay’s Calypso 207\u003cbr\u003e Notes 249\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 263\u003cbr\u003e Index 272","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138190246231,"sku":"9780822336051","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822336051.jpg?v=1751918370","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-last-darky-9780822336051","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}