{"id":2776,"date":"2019-10-30T17:38:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T17:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/?post_type=series&#038;p=2776"},"modified":"2024-05-21T15:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T15:51:38","slug":"african-american-literature-series","status":"publish","type":"series","link":"https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/series\/african-american-literature-series\/","title":{"rendered":"African American Literature Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2937 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/African-American-Literature-Series-logo_final-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/African-American-Literature-Series-logo_final-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/African-American-Literature-Series-logo_final-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/African-American-Literature-Series-logo_final-1024x205.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/African-American-Literature-Series-logo_final-768x154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/African-American-Literature-Series-logo_final-1536x307.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/African-American-Literature-Series-logo_final-2048x410.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/African-American-Literature-Series-logo_final-1600x320.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The earliest African American writings frequently bore witness to the trauma of the slave trade, resistance to bondage, and fight against oppression, but these literary expressions also reflected cultural traditions created by fusing African, European, and American artistic practices. As the tradition developed, writers embraced multiple genres, including songs, poetry, sermons, speeches, narratives, antislavery tracts, letters, and petitions. This series, the first university press series devoted to the African American literary tradition, invites proposals for monographs, edited collections, and annotated editions that feature innovative new research from a variety of historical, theoretical, and critical perspectives.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2776","series","type-series","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series\/2776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/series"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.clemson.edu\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}