Language and Literature in the African American Imagination

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This is a volume of critical and theoretical essays that seek to interpret the current philosophical, aesthetic, and literary thinking about African American literature and language. Some of the most significant writers and thinkers in the field have contributed to analyses, critiques and theoretical developments in every genre of literature. The widespread debate over the canon in American literature, the issue of cultural diversity, and the need to have books with critical inquiry into African American cultures could make this collection suitable for scholars and students in such diverse fields as literature, linguistics, and African American studies. Carol Aisha Blackshire is Director of the International Afro-German Network.

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CAROL A. BLACKSHIRE-BELAY is Director of the International Afro-German Network and teaches German/Germanic languages and cultures at The Ohio State University. Widely recognized as one of the leading experts on minorities in contemporary German Society, her publications have appeared in the Journal of Black Studies, University of Pennsylvania Review of Linguistics, OSU Foreign Language Publications, and ERIC Resources in Education. Included among her books are The Image of Africa in German Society, Language Contact: Verb Morphology in German of Foreign Workers, and Foreign Workers' German: A Concise Glossary of Verbal Phrases. Her major interests are cultural and linguistic diversity in society and the enormous impact of African culture on language and society.