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The City in African-American Literature.
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1998
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Critical Race TheoryAfrican LiteratureLiterary HistoryAfrican-american LiteratureLiterary CriticismUrban SocietyEarly American LiteratureModern African-american LiteratureAfrican American StudiesFifteen EssaysAfrican American LiteratureSocial SciencesUrban HistoryAfrocentricityLanguage StudiesBlack ExperienceAfrican American HistoryAmerican Literature
The city has been the main setting for modern African-American literature, and the fifteen essays in this collection show that this body of writing has been remarkable for the variety of ways in which it has made significant affirmations about urban society in America.