Writing Across the Color Line
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African American literary history
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American literary marketplace
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Asian American literary contributions
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authorial persona manipulation
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Charles W. Chesnutt
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cross-cultural literary influence
cross-racial readership
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dialect writing in American literature
early 20th century publishing
early multicultural American texts
early multiethnic narratives
early U.S. literary diversity
editing practices and race
editorial practices 1900s
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experimental American fiction
Finley Peter Dunne analysis
historical analysis of publishing
historical literary criticism
Irish American writers early 20th century
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Latinx literature studies
literary adaptation to audience
literary archives research
Literary Realism
literary regionalism techniques
literary self-caricature
literature
literature and commercial markets
literature and racial perception
literature and racial stereotypes
literature and social norms
Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton studies
minority authors in America
minority authorship strategies
minority voices in print culture
multiethnic American literature
Native American literature history
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Publishing
publishing collaborations across race
publishing history of writers of color
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racial representation in literature
racialized humor in writing
racialized literary reception
Regionalism
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subverting racial tropes
Sui Sin Far biography
trickster figures in literature
Turn of the Twentieth-Century
U.S. ethnic writers 1900s
W. E. B. Du Bois literary criticism
W.E.B. DuBois Ethnic Literature
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- ISBN 9781625344861
- Weight: 468g
- Dimensions: 154 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 31 May 2020
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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The turn of the twentieth century was a period of experimental possibility for U.S. ethnic literature as a number of writers of color began to collaborate with the predominantly white publishing trade to make their work commercially available. In this new book, Lucas A. Dietrich analyzes publishers' and writers' archives to show how authors -- including Mar?¡a Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Charles W. Chesnutt, Finley Peter Dunne, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Sui Sin Far -- drew readers into their texts by subverting existing stereotypes and adapting styles of literary regionalism and dialect writing.
Writing across the Color Line details how this body of literature was selected for publication, edited, manufactured, advertised, and distributed, even as it faced hostile criticism and frequent misinterpretation by white readers. Shedding light on the transformative potential of multiethnic literature and the tenacity of racist attitudes that dominated the literary marketplace, Dietrich proves that Native American, African American, Latinx, Asian American, and Irish American writers of the period relied on self-caricature, tricksterism, and the careful control of authorial personae to influence white audiences.
Lucas A. Dietrich is adjunct professor of humanities at Lesley University.
