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Williams analyses and compares the ways in which African Americans and the Welsh have defined themselves as minorities within larger nation states (the UK and US). The study is grounded in examples of actual friendships and cultural exchanges between African Americans and the Welsh, such as Paul Robeson's connections with the socialists of the Welsh mining communities, and novelist Ralph Ellison's stories about his experiences as a GI stationed in wartime Swansea. This wide ranging book draws on literary, historical, visual and musical sources to open up new avenues of research in Welsh and African American studies.
Contents
Introduction 1. Black Skins, Blue Books: Frederick Douglass, Abolitionism and Victorian Wales Wales and Transatlantic Abolitionism Translating Slavery Nationalism, Assimilation and 'Miscegenation' Conclusion 2. 'In the Wide Margin': Modernism and Ethnic Renaissance in Harlem and Wales Double Consciousnesses and the Bourgeoisie Modernism is Ordinary Gender, Anthropology and the Folk Conclusion 3. 'They feel me a part of that land': Paul Robeson, Race and the Making of Modern Wales Robeson's Political and Cultural Thought: Nationalism and Internationalism Robeson's Image: from The Emperor Jones to The Proud Valley 'Aren't We All Black Down that Pit?': Robeson, Race and the Welsh Industrial Novel. Conclusion 4. The Invisible Man's Welsh Routes: Ralph Ellison in Wartime Wales 'The Star Spangled Banner': 'Black Yanks' in Britain 'Our national anthem' and 'God Save the King': Welsh Identities 'The Internationale': Making Connections Conclusion Conclusion: 1945
