English Research Areas: African American
African American Literature
From the English Department:
African-American literary studies designates both a distinct field of specialization within the English department and a necessarily dynamic area of interdisciplinary inquiry, the parameters of which are continually evolving. While retaining its longstanding support for African-American studies methodologies, including via faculty with joint appointments in the African-American World Studies program, the department also encourages approaches to African-American literature that situate it in other frameworks. Examples of these approaches include not only institutionalized sites such as American Studies and Women's Studies but also looser affiliations of faculty working in the often-intersecting domains of cultural, diaspora, postcolonial, border, new world, and globalization studies.
Suggested Search Terms
- African American Literature
- African American Authors
- African American Fiction
- African American Women Writers AND 20th Century
- African American Literature AND Slave narratives
- African American Poetry
- Harlem Renaissance
- Slave Writings
Databases
- African American Poetry This link opens in a new window
- Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922 This link opens in a new window
- Black Authors, 1556-1922 This link opens in a new window
- Black Drama - 1850 to present This link opens in a new window
- Black Thought and Culture: African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present This link opens in a new window
- JSTOR (Journal Storage) This link opens in a new window
- Twentieth-Century African American Poetry This link opens in a new window
- Umbra: Search African American History This link opens in a new window
Collections and Companions
Contextual Resources
- African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 This link opens in a new window
- American Race Relations: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996 This link opens in a new window
- Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
- Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
- Ethnic Newswatch Complete This link opens in a new window
- HistoryMakers Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest History Vault This link opens in a new window