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Who Set You Flowin'?: The African-American Migration Narrative
Contributor(s): Griffin, Farah Jasmine (Author)

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 ISBN: 0195088964     ISBN-13: 9780195088960
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $83.60  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 1995
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- Literary Criticism | American - African American
Dewey: 813.009
LCCN: 94022860
Lexile Measure: 1270(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 9.1" W x 6.2" L (1.15 lbs) 248 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
Review Citations: Booklist 02/15/1995 pg. 1055
 
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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.
 
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