See Justice Done. The Problem of Law in the African American Literary Tradition, Paperback/Christopher Michael Brown

Argues that African American literature has profound and deliberate legal roots. Tracing this throughline from the eighteenth century to the present, Christopher Brown demonstrates that engaging with legal culture in its many forms - including its conventions, paradoxes, and contradictions - is paramount to understanding Black writing. Publisher: University Press of Mississippi Author(s): Christopher Michael Brown Number of pages: 212 Collection: Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 17 Cover type: Paperback / softback