Title To tell a Black story of Miami / Tatiana D. McInnis

Published Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) ; illustrations, map Contents To tell a Black story of Miami : civil rights and the reverberations of Black Floridian history in Freedom in the family -- The anti-Haitian hydra : remapping Haitian spaces in Miami -- Becoming whiteness, rejecting blackness : genre, Castro, and transnational identity in Carlos Moore's Pichón and Carlos Eire's Learning to die in Miami -- Who speaks for Miami? : the white lens in the tropical metropole -- Dawg fight in the moonlight : Black masculinity in Miami Summary "In this book, Tatiana McInnis examines literary and cultural representations of Miami alongside the city's material realities to challenge the image of South Florida as a diverse cosmopolitan paradise"-- Provided by publisher "How portrayals of anti-Blackness in literature and film challenge myths about South Florida history and culture In this book, Tatiana McInnis examines literary and cultural representations of Miami alongside the city's material realities to challenge the image of South Florida as a diverse cosmopolitan paradise. McInnis discusses how this favorable "melting pot" narrative depends on the obfuscation of racialized violence against people of African descent. Analyzing novels, short stories, and memoirs by Edwidge Danticat, M.J. Fievre, Carlos Moore, Carlos Eire, Patricia Stephens Due, and Tananarive Due, as well as films such as Dawg Fight and Moonlight, McInnis demonstrates how these creations push back against erasure by representing the experiences of Black Americans and immigrants from Caribbean nations. McInnis considers portrayals of state-sanctioned oppression, residential segregation, violent detention of emigres, and increasing wealth gaps and concludes that celebrations of Miami's diversity disguise the pervasive, adaptive nature of white supremacy and anti-Blackness. To Tell a Black Story of Miami offers a model of how to use literature as a primary archive in urban studies. It draws attention to the similarities and divergences between Miami's Black diasporic communities, a historically underrepresented demographic in popular and scholarly awareness of the city. Increasing understanding of Miami's political, social, and economic inequities, this book brings greater nuance to traditional narratives of exceptionalism in cities and regions. Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 08, 2022) Subject Black people in literature. African Americans in literature. Black people -- Florida -- Miami -- Social conditions African Americans -- Florida -- Miami -- Social conditions LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American African Americans in literature African Americans -- Social conditions Black people in literature Black people -- Social conditions Race relations SUBJECT Miami (Fla.) -- Race relations Subject Florida -- Miami Form Electronic book LC no. 2022020659 ISBN 9780813070315 0813070317 0813072557 9780813072555

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