Afro Orientalism

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Afro-Orientalism This page intentionally left blank Afro-Orientalism Bill V. Mullen University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis • London Part of chapter 1 Wrst appeared in positions: east asia cultures critique 11, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 217–40, and as the chapter “W. E. B. Du Bois, Dark Princess, and the Afro-Asian International,” in Left of the Color Line: Race, Radicalism, and Twentieth-Century Literature of the United States, ed. Bill V. Mullen and James Smethurst (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003), 87–106, copyright 2003 by the University of North Carolina Press and reprinted by permission of the publisher. Part of chapter 2 Wrst appeared in different form in Mediations 22 (Spring 1999): 44–55. Part of chapter 3 Wrst appeared in Works and Days 39–40, no. 20 (2002): 189–216. Permission to quote from the Fred Ho Papers at the Archives and Special Collections, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries, and from the Robert F. Williams Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, is gratefully acknowledged. “I Sing to China” and an excerpt from “The Riddle of the Sphinx,” poems by W. E. B. Du Bois, reprinted with the permission of David Graham Du Bois and the W. E. B. Du Bois Foundation, Inc. Permission to quote from the poem “Roses and Revolution” by Dudley Randall is gratefully acknowledged. The poem “Slogan (Buy American)” is reprinted with permission from the author, Sonia Sanchez. The poem “Puerto Rican Woman” is reprinted with permission of the author, Alma Villegas. Lines from two poems by Esther Iverem, “Essay to X” and “Essay to Us,” appear with the permission of the author. Lyric quotations from Warrior Sister, an opera with book and libretto by Ann T. Greene in collaboration with Fred Ho, appear with permission of Ann T. Greene. Copyright 2004 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mullen, Bill, 1959Afro -Orientalism / Bill V. Mullen. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8166-3748-2 (hc : alk. paper) -- ISBN 0-8166-3749-0 (pb : alk. paper) 1. African Americans--Relations with Asian Americans. 2. African Americans-Intellectual life--20th century. 3. Asian Americans--Intellectual life--20th century. 4. United States--Race relations. 5. American literature--20th century-History and criticism. 6. American literature--African American authors. 7. Race relations in literature. 8. Racism in literature. 9. Imperialism in literature. I. Title. E185.615.M75 2004 305.896'073-- dc22 2004014985 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...