Jak Peake
Biographic Data
| ID | 954501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jak Peake |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jak |
| FAMILY NAME | Peake |
| SIGNATURE | PEAKE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7129-0162 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and Empire
The story of American literature and empire goes beyond the broad historical periodization of empire to reimagine that history. The central terms American and literature have always been tied up in US empire as well as other empires in the Americas. The word 'America,' itself the product of inter-imperial intellectual rivalry, claims the name of an entire hemisphere for one country therein. To understand the full history of American literature an…
Claude McKay
The Caribbean in Translation
Red International and Black Caribbean
Although a number of notable works on early twentieth-century black radicals in New York and the Caribbean have been written, it is rare to find a history of Communism that combines U.S., Caribbean, and Latin American perspectives.As such, Margaret Stevens's Red International and Black Caribbean is a welcome contribution to the field.Drawing together Mexico, the Caribbean, and New York in what could be considered an extended Caribbean, it weaves …
‘Watching the Waters’
The ‘Harlem Renaissance’ is now a dominant term for what is commonly used to describe a cultural movement that emerged between the First and Second World Wars. The term became the hegemonic around the early 1970s, displacing similar, yet distinct, alternatives including the New Negro, the New Negro movement and the Negro/Black Renaissance. This essay traces a genealogy of such terms, metanarratives and historiographical currents. The aim here is …
American Networks
In July 2016, the University of Essex organized a small conference, 'American Networks: Radicals Under the Radar,' over two and half days in the grand, high-ceilinged building at 1 Suffolk Street, just off Trafalgar Square, in London.It brought together a network of scholars from the disciplines of History, Art History, and Literature and from across different areas of American Studies: namely researchers of the Caribbean, Latin America and the U…
Pathologies of Paradise
Families in Flux
Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese Vintage Books, London, 2010, pb 544pp ISBN 0 0994 4363 6 £7.99 www.vintage-books.co.uk The Consequences of Love Sulaiman S M Y Addonia Chatto & Windus, London, 20
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Families in Flux
Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese Vintage Books, London, 2010, pb 544pp ISBN 0 0994 4363 6 £7.99 www.vintage-books.co.uk The Consequences of Love Sulaiman S M Y Addonia Chatto & Windus, London, 20
Pathologies of Paradise
American Networks
In July 2016, the University of Essex organized a small conference, 'American Networks: Radicals Under the Radar,' over two and half days in the grand, high-ceilinged building at 1 Suffolk Street, just off Trafalgar Square, in London.It brought together a network of scholars from the disciplines of History, Art History, and Literature and from across different areas of American Studies: namely researchers of the Caribbean, Latin America and the U…
‘Watching the Waters’
The ‘Harlem Renaissance’ is now a dominant term for what is commonly used to describe a cultural movement that emerged between the First and Second World Wars. The term became the hegemonic around the early 1970s, displacing similar, yet distinct, alternatives including the New Negro, the New Negro movement and the Negro/Black Renaissance. This essay traces a genealogy of such terms, metanarratives and historiographical currents. The aim here is …
Red International and Black Caribbean
Although a number of notable works on early twentieth-century black radicals in New York and the Caribbean have been written, it is rare to find a history of Communism that combines U.S., Caribbean, and Latin American perspectives.As such, Margaret Stevens's Red International and Black Caribbean is a welcome contribution to the field.Drawing together Mexico, the Caribbean, and New York in what could be considered an extended Caribbean, it weaves …
Claude McKay
The Caribbean in Translation
The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and Empire
The story of American literature and empire goes beyond the broad historical periodization of empire to reimagine that history. The central terms American and literature have always been tied up in US empire as well as other empires in the Americas. The word 'America,' itself the product of inter-imperial intellectual rivalry, claims the name of an entire hemisphere for one country therein. To understand the full history of American literature an…
History (6 works) · Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Cuban History and Society (2 works)