{"product_id":"black-land-nadia-nurhussein-9780691190969","title":"Black Land: Imperial Ethiopianism and African America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book to explore how African American writing and art engaged with visions of Ethiopia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the only African nation, with the exception of Liberia, to remain independent during the colonization of the continent, Ethiopia has long held significance for and captivated the imaginations of African Americans. In \u003ci\u003eBlack Land\u003c\/i\u003e, Nadia Nurhussein delves into nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American artistic and journalistic depictions of Ethiopia, illuminating the increasing tensions and ironies behind cultural celebrations of an African country asserting itself as an imperial power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNurhussein navigates texts by Walt Whitman, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Pauline Hopkins, Harry Dean, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, George Schuyler, and others, alongside images and performances that show the intersection of African America with Ethiopia during historic political shifts. From a description of a notorious 1920 Star Order of Ethiopia flag-burning demonstration in Chicago to a discussion of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie as \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's Man of the Year for 1935, Nurhussein illuminates the growing complications that modern Ethiopia posed for American writers and activists. American media coverage of the African nation exposed a clear contrast between the Pan-African ideal and the modern reality of Ethiopia as an antidemocratic imperialist state: Did Ethiopia represent the black nation of the future, or one of an inert and static past? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevising current understandings of black transnationalism, \u003ci\u003eBlack Land\u003c\/i\u003e presents a well-rounded exploration of an era when Ethiopia's presence in African American culture was at its height.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nadia Nurhussein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691190968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691190969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020","brand":"Nadia Nurhussein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946958520575,"sku":"9780691190969","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_85053c6e-6806-4475-a860-bc3a20fb6026.jpg?v=1681515906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-land-nadia-nurhussein-9780691190969","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}