'Who Set You Flowin'?'

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'Who Set You Flowin'?'

The African-American Migration Narrative

By:

Farah Jasmine Griffin

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Race & American Culture

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Twentieth-century America has witnessed the most widespread and sustained movement of African-Americans from the South to urban centers in the North. Who Set You Flowin'? examines the impact of this dislocation and urbanization, identifying the resulting Migration Narratives as a major genre in African-American cultural production. Griffin takes an interdisciplinary approach with readings of several literary texts, migrant correspondence, painting, photography, rap music, blues, and rhythm and blues. From these various sources Griffin isolates the tropes of Ancestor, Stranger, and Safe Space, which, though common to all Migration Narratives, vary in their portrayal. She argues that the emergence of a dominant portrayal of these tropes is the product of the historical and political moment, often challenged by alternative portrayals in other texts or artistic forms, as well as intra-textually. Richard Wright's bleak, yet cosmopolitan portraits were countered by Dorothy West's longing for Black Southern communities. Ralph Ellison, while continuing Wright's vision, reexamined the significance of Black Southern culture. Griffin concludes with Toni Morrison embracing the South "as a site of African-American history and culture," "a place to be redeemed."

Author Biography:

Farah Jasmine Griffin is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. She lives and writes in Philadelphia.

Release date Australia

January 23rd, 1997

Author

Farah Jasmine Griffin

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Illustrations

halftones, line figures

Pages

244

Series

Race & American Culture

Dimensions

156x235x17

ISBN-13

9780195088977

Product ID

4180242

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