CrossRoutes - The Meanings of "Race" for the 21st Century

This collection reflects the still urgent project of historical recuperation, as well as an examination of literary representations and other cultural manifestations of the Black Diaspora. Disciplinary work within the boundaries of African American Studies has been enhanced by more general considerations of the history of "race" and racism in globalized contexts. The articles assembled here reflect recent empirical research as well as challenging theoretical considerations. Contributions address particular formations of racialized modernity owed to the impact of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery, and thus broaden the approach to the Middle Passage, to improve our understanding of it as a constitutive transatlantic phenomenon in the widest possible sense.

Paola Boi is Professor at the Dipartimento di Filologie e Letterature Moderne at the Universitá degli Studi di Cagliari, ITALY.

Sabine Broeck is Professor of American Studies at the University of Bremen, Germany.