Beschreibung:
This groundbreaking book explores a range of largely overlooked literary and artistic works that challenge the invisibility of Black wartime history.
Preface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Invisible and Invented ArchivesPart I: Documenting the Past: The Artist as WitnessIntroduction to Part I1. Outside the Frame: Josef Nassy's Visual Diary of Internment in Nazi Germany2. Broken Citizenship: Survivor Memoirs by Hans J. Massaquoi, Theodor Michael, and John WilliamPart II: Imagining the Past: The Artist as HistorianIntroduction to Part II3. Jazz Fiction and the Holocaust: Testimonial Objects in the Novels of John A. Williams and Esi Edugyan4. Performing to Survive: "Queen of the Trumpet" Valaida Snow in Fiction, Drama, and Graphic Narrative5. Postmemorial Landscapes of Black Europe: Maud Sulter's Alpine PhotomontagesCoda: Dancing Out History in Oxana Chi's Durch Gärten TanzenNotesBibliographyIndex