Title The Black Pacific Narrative : Geographic Imaginings of Race and Empire between the World Wars / Etsuko Taketani

Published Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource Series Re-mapping the transnational Re-mapping the transnational Contents The cartography of the Black Pacific : James Weldon Johnson's Along this way -- Colored empires in the 1930s : Black internationalism, the US Black press, and George S. Schuyler -- The swing and the sword in the Black Mikados : an Afro-Japanese nexus in the US (white) Pacific imagination -- "Spies and spiders" : Langston Hughes and the transpacific intelligence dragnet -- The Manchurian philosopher : W.E.B. Du Bois in the Eurasian Pacific -- Epilogue Summary "About a shift in geographic imaginings that occurred in African American culture as the United States evolved into a bioceanic global power"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Vendor-supplied metadata Subject American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Race in literature. Imperialism in literature. African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century Internationalism -- History -- 20th century Geopolitics -- United States -- History -- 20th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African Americans -- Intellectual life African Americans -- Politics and government American literature -- African American authors Geopolitics Imperialism in literature International relations Internationalism Literature Race in literature SUBJECT Pacific Area -- In literature United States -- Relations -- Pacific Area Pacific Area -- Relations -- United States Subject Pacific Area United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781611686142 1611686148 1322317941 9781322317946 1611686121 9781611686128 9781611686135 161168613X

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