Ghetto Images in Twentieth-Century American Literature

Download or read book Ghetto Images in Twentieth-Century American Literature written by Tyrone R. Simpson II and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how six American writers have artistically responded to the racialization of U.S. frostbelt cities in the twentieth century. Using the critical tools of spatial theory, critical race theory, urban history and sociology, Simpson explains how these writers imagine the subjective response to the race-making power of space.