TY - JOUR
T1 - Transnational and intertextual geographies of race, sex, and masculinity
T2 - Cecil Brown's the Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger
AU - Bone, Martyn
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This article considers Cecil Brown's debut novel The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger (1969) within the context of critical debates about transnational African American studies, and with a thematic focus on the novel's representation of race, sex, and masculinity. It explores Jiveass's intertextual relationships with Richard Wright's Native Son (1940), Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice (1968), and James Baldwin's writing. In particular, the article maps the "intertextual geographies" that connect Jiveass with two antecedent African American texts also set in Copenhagen: Nella Larsen's novel Quicksand (1928) and Wright's short story "Big Black Good Man" (1961).
AB - This article considers Cecil Brown's debut novel The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger (1969) within the context of critical debates about transnational African American studies, and with a thematic focus on the novel's representation of race, sex, and masculinity. It explores Jiveass's intertextual relationships with Richard Wright's Native Son (1940), Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice (1968), and James Baldwin's writing. In particular, the article maps the "intertextual geographies" that connect Jiveass with two antecedent African American texts also set in Copenhagen: Nella Larsen's novel Quicksand (1928) and Wright's short story "Big Black Good Man" (1961).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077444777&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1353/afa.2019.0051
DO - 10.1353/afa.2019.0051
M3 - Review
AN - SCOPUS:85077444777
VL - 52
SP - 357
EP - 372
JO - African American Review
JF - African American Review
SN - 1062-4783
IS - 4
ER -