This update is over twenty-five percent longer than the 2019 version, adding not only recent scho... more This update is over twenty-five percent longer than the 2019 version, adding not only recent scholarship but also research into a wider range of creators, genres, and subjects analyzing Detroit as subject or setting. Although this is a traditional bibliography alphabetized usually by the authors' names, one can use "find" to locate items about specific authors or subjects.
Interrogating the Urban Crisis: Teaching Detroit in Literature
... more Interrogating the Urban Crisis: Teaching Detroit in Literature
Frank D. Rashid
Popular media have long regarded Detroit an aberration, a “third-world city” unrelated to the rest of America, a city with a unique set of problems for which its people and leaders bear sole responsibility. Such views rest on narratives that blame its social and economic problems on a single event, a single mayor, or on the mostly black residents of Detroit. These narratives, in turn, rely on larger assumptions about Detroit and its history: that “good times” accompanied the growth of industry and commerce produced by profit-seeking but conscientious corporate leaders, that white residents were driven out when African Americans arrived, that a poor minority population cannot govern itself. Contemporary Detroit scholars directly confront these narratives by demonstrating how decisions of business and industrial leaders after World War II along with long-standing federal government policies led to the deindustrialization and depopulation of the city, intensifying inequality, unrest, and financial crisis.
In my Detroit in literature course, the students and I examine the ways that poetry and fiction set in the city illuminate these conditions, challenging the same popular narratives, sometimes reinforcing and sometimes anticipating the historians’ analysis. In studying the work of Robert Hayden, Harriette Arnow, Philip Levine, Lawrence Joseph, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, we recognize the impact of racial inequality even in times of prosperity; we see how industrialization and deindustrialization—not the actions of black residents—fueled the burning of Detroit; we observe how public policy and corporate behavior produced the devastation of the last six decades. By interrogating the narratives surrounding this single city, students have a context for analyzing the continuing challenges faced by this maligned and misunderstood American city and a focused experience of the relationship between place, history, and literature.
Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Oct 1, 2008
a professor of En glish at Marygrove College, has published articles on the poetry of Emily Dicki... more a professor of En glish at Marygrove College, has published articles on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, robert hayden, and Lawrence Joseph and edits the online Literary Map of Detroit. in thE EarLy quatrains oF "rubaiyat, " a poEM in LawrEnCE Jo-sEph's Fourth book, Into It, thE poEt aDopts a Curious pErspECtive for an American poet of Arab ancestry who is intensely critical of American military aggression. Taking on the "eye" of the aggressor, he pulls up the "satellite image of a major / military target, a 3-D journey / into a landscape of hills and valleys." He follows the lens as it zooms closer to the ground: Zoom in close enough-the shadows of statues, the swimming pools of palaces. .. closer-a garden of palm trees, oranges and lemons, chickens, sheep.. . .
Popular media have long regarded Detroit an aberration, a “third-world city” unrelated to th... more Popular media have long regarded Detroit an aberration, a “third-world city” unrelated to the rest of America, a city with a unique set of problems for which its people and leaders bear sole responsibility. Such views rest on narratives that blame its social and economic problems on a single event, a single mayor, or on the mostly black residents of Detroit. These narratives, in turn, rely on larger assumptions about Detroit and its history: that “good times” accompanied the growth of industry and commerce produced by profit-seeking but conscientious corporate leaders, that white residents were driven out when African Americans arrived, that a poor minority population cannot govern itself. Contemporary Detroit scholars directly confront these narratives by demonstrating how decisions of business and industrial leaders after World War II along with long-standing federal government policies led to the deindustrialization and depopulation of the city, intensifying inequality, unrest, and financial crisis.
In my Detroit in literature course, the students and I examine the ways that poetry and fiction set in the city illuminate these conditions, challenging the same popular narratives, sometimes reinforcing and sometimes anticipating the historians’ analysis. In studying the work of Robert Hayden, Harriette Arnow, Philip Levine, Lawrence Joseph, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, we recognize the impact of racial inequality even in times of prosperity; we see how industrialization and deindustrialization—not the actions of black residents—fueled the burning of Detroit; we observe how public policy and corporate behavior produced the devastation of the last six decades. By interrogating the narratives surrounding this single city, students have a context for analyzing the continuing challenges faced by this maligned and misunderstood American city and a focused experience of the relationship between place, history, and literature.
This update of the Detroit Literary Map bibliography is 45 percent longer than the most recent ve... more This update of the Detroit Literary Map bibliography is 45 percent longer than the most recent version posted in March 2022. In addition to general novels, plays, poetry books, and memoirs, you will find more detective and crime fiction; romance novels; graphic novels and comics; young adult lit erature; and documentary and feature films. The goal is to create an inclusive list of works that engage Detroit as a subject or setting while satisfying the interests of a range of scholars and readers. The length of this version might make it unwieldy, and future editions will include separate lists organized by genre. In the meantime, unless the title identifies the genre of a specific work, I have added a brief notation at the end of the citation. You may use "find" to locate works by genre or subgenre. The first edition of this bibliography, posted in 2003, was based on the research of my Marygrove College colleague, historian Thomas A Klug, who included creative works as part of the Institute for Detroit Studies (IDS) comprehensive Bibliography of Detroit History, Politics, and Culture: Late-Nineteenth Century to the Present, now in its fourth edition. When we added the Detroit Literary Map to the IDS website, we decided to create a separate bibliography for literature. The Marygrove College students and staff listed above assisted in compiling the early versions of this bibliography. In researching Detroit literature and film, I rely on internet search engines, social media, newspapers, author websites, and the WorldCat global library catalog. I stay tuned to public radio for word of new Detroit writers and works, scour local bookstore shelves for new Detroit-focused works, and receive notices from publishers and suggestions from friends, colleagues, and especially authors themselves. I ask users of this bibliography to contact me with suggestions, corrections, questions, and comments.
Page 1. MEMORANDA AND DOCUMENTS materials that suggest all five of them. The first two are necess... more Page 1. MEMORANDA AND DOCUMENTS materials that suggest all five of them. The first two are necessarily muted, for he is only incidentally concerned with the beginnings of the Aztec empire. The last receive full development, for this is after all a history of its destruction. ...
Pmla Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 2008
Page 1. theories and methodologies Transparent Eye, Voice Howling Within: Codes of Violence in La... more Page 1. theories and methodologies Transparent Eye, Voice Howling Within: Codes of Violence in Lawrence Joseph's Poetry frank d. rashid Frank D. rashid, a professor emeritus of English at Marygrove College, has published articles ...
This update is over twenty-five percent longer than the 2019 version, adding not only recent scho... more This update is over twenty-five percent longer than the 2019 version, adding not only recent scholarship but also research into a wider range of creators, genres, and subjects analyzing Detroit as subject or setting. Although this is a traditional bibliography alphabetized usually by the authors' names, one can use "find" to locate items about specific authors or subjects.
Interrogating the Urban Crisis: Teaching Detroit in Literature
... more Interrogating the Urban Crisis: Teaching Detroit in Literature
Frank D. Rashid
Popular media have long regarded Detroit an aberration, a “third-world city” unrelated to the rest of America, a city with a unique set of problems for which its people and leaders bear sole responsibility. Such views rest on narratives that blame its social and economic problems on a single event, a single mayor, or on the mostly black residents of Detroit. These narratives, in turn, rely on larger assumptions about Detroit and its history: that “good times” accompanied the growth of industry and commerce produced by profit-seeking but conscientious corporate leaders, that white residents were driven out when African Americans arrived, that a poor minority population cannot govern itself. Contemporary Detroit scholars directly confront these narratives by demonstrating how decisions of business and industrial leaders after World War II along with long-standing federal government policies led to the deindustrialization and depopulation of the city, intensifying inequality, unrest, and financial crisis.
In my Detroit in literature course, the students and I examine the ways that poetry and fiction set in the city illuminate these conditions, challenging the same popular narratives, sometimes reinforcing and sometimes anticipating the historians’ analysis. In studying the work of Robert Hayden, Harriette Arnow, Philip Levine, Lawrence Joseph, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, we recognize the impact of racial inequality even in times of prosperity; we see how industrialization and deindustrialization—not the actions of black residents—fueled the burning of Detroit; we observe how public policy and corporate behavior produced the devastation of the last six decades. By interrogating the narratives surrounding this single city, students have a context for analyzing the continuing challenges faced by this maligned and misunderstood American city and a focused experience of the relationship between place, history, and literature.
Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Oct 1, 2008
a professor of En glish at Marygrove College, has published articles on the poetry of Emily Dicki... more a professor of En glish at Marygrove College, has published articles on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, robert hayden, and Lawrence Joseph and edits the online Literary Map of Detroit. in thE EarLy quatrains oF "rubaiyat, " a poEM in LawrEnCE Jo-sEph's Fourth book, Into It, thE poEt aDopts a Curious pErspECtive for an American poet of Arab ancestry who is intensely critical of American military aggression. Taking on the "eye" of the aggressor, he pulls up the "satellite image of a major / military target, a 3-D journey / into a landscape of hills and valleys." He follows the lens as it zooms closer to the ground: Zoom in close enough-the shadows of statues, the swimming pools of palaces. .. closer-a garden of palm trees, oranges and lemons, chickens, sheep.. . .
Popular media have long regarded Detroit an aberration, a “third-world city” unrelated to th... more Popular media have long regarded Detroit an aberration, a “third-world city” unrelated to the rest of America, a city with a unique set of problems for which its people and leaders bear sole responsibility. Such views rest on narratives that blame its social and economic problems on a single event, a single mayor, or on the mostly black residents of Detroit. These narratives, in turn, rely on larger assumptions about Detroit and its history: that “good times” accompanied the growth of industry and commerce produced by profit-seeking but conscientious corporate leaders, that white residents were driven out when African Americans arrived, that a poor minority population cannot govern itself. Contemporary Detroit scholars directly confront these narratives by demonstrating how decisions of business and industrial leaders after World War II along with long-standing federal government policies led to the deindustrialization and depopulation of the city, intensifying inequality, unrest, and financial crisis.
In my Detroit in literature course, the students and I examine the ways that poetry and fiction set in the city illuminate these conditions, challenging the same popular narratives, sometimes reinforcing and sometimes anticipating the historians’ analysis. In studying the work of Robert Hayden, Harriette Arnow, Philip Levine, Lawrence Joseph, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, we recognize the impact of racial inequality even in times of prosperity; we see how industrialization and deindustrialization—not the actions of black residents—fueled the burning of Detroit; we observe how public policy and corporate behavior produced the devastation of the last six decades. By interrogating the narratives surrounding this single city, students have a context for analyzing the continuing challenges faced by this maligned and misunderstood American city and a focused experience of the relationship between place, history, and literature.
This update of the Detroit Literary Map bibliography is 45 percent longer than the most recent ve... more This update of the Detroit Literary Map bibliography is 45 percent longer than the most recent version posted in March 2022. In addition to general novels, plays, poetry books, and memoirs, you will find more detective and crime fiction; romance novels; graphic novels and comics; young adult lit erature; and documentary and feature films. The goal is to create an inclusive list of works that engage Detroit as a subject or setting while satisfying the interests of a range of scholars and readers. The length of this version might make it unwieldy, and future editions will include separate lists organized by genre. In the meantime, unless the title identifies the genre of a specific work, I have added a brief notation at the end of the citation. You may use "find" to locate works by genre or subgenre. The first edition of this bibliography, posted in 2003, was based on the research of my Marygrove College colleague, historian Thomas A Klug, who included creative works as part of the Institute for Detroit Studies (IDS) comprehensive Bibliography of Detroit History, Politics, and Culture: Late-Nineteenth Century to the Present, now in its fourth edition. When we added the Detroit Literary Map to the IDS website, we decided to create a separate bibliography for literature. The Marygrove College students and staff listed above assisted in compiling the early versions of this bibliography. In researching Detroit literature and film, I rely on internet search engines, social media, newspapers, author websites, and the WorldCat global library catalog. I stay tuned to public radio for word of new Detroit writers and works, scour local bookstore shelves for new Detroit-focused works, and receive notices from publishers and suggestions from friends, colleagues, and especially authors themselves. I ask users of this bibliography to contact me with suggestions, corrections, questions, and comments.
Page 1. MEMORANDA AND DOCUMENTS materials that suggest all five of them. The first two are necess... more Page 1. MEMORANDA AND DOCUMENTS materials that suggest all five of them. The first two are necessarily muted, for he is only incidentally concerned with the beginnings of the Aztec empire. The last receive full development, for this is after all a history of its destruction. ...
Pmla Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 2008
Page 1. theories and methodologies Transparent Eye, Voice Howling Within: Codes of Violence in La... more Page 1. theories and methodologies Transparent Eye, Voice Howling Within: Codes of Violence in Lawrence Joseph's Poetry frank d. rashid Frank D. rashid, a professor emeritus of English at Marygrove College, has published articles ...
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Popular media have long regarded Detroit an aberration, a “third-world city” unrelated to the rest of America, a city with a unique set of problems for which its people and leaders bear sole responsibility. Such views rest on narratives that blame its social and economic problems on a single event, a single mayor, or on the mostly black residents of Detroit. These narratives, in turn, rely on larger assumptions about Detroit and its history: that “good times” accompanied the growth of industry and commerce produced by profit-seeking but conscientious corporate leaders, that white residents were driven out when African Americans arrived, that a poor minority population cannot govern itself. Contemporary Detroit scholars directly confront these narratives by demonstrating how decisions of business and industrial leaders after World War II along with long-standing federal government policies led to the deindustrialization and depopulation of the city, intensifying inequality, unrest, and financial crisis.
In my Detroit in literature course, the students and I examine the ways that poetry and fiction set in the city illuminate these conditions, challenging the same popular narratives, sometimes reinforcing and sometimes anticipating the historians’ analysis. In studying the work of Robert Hayden, Harriette Arnow, Philip Levine, Lawrence Joseph, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, we recognize the impact of racial inequality even in times of prosperity; we see how industrialization and deindustrialization—not the actions of black residents—fueled the burning of Detroit; we observe how public policy and corporate behavior produced the devastation of the last six decades. By interrogating the narratives surrounding this single city, students have a context for analyzing the continuing challenges faced by this maligned and misunderstood American city and a focused experience of the relationship between place, history, and literature.
In my Detroit in literature course, the students and I examine the ways that poetry and fiction set in the city illuminate these conditions, challenging the same popular narratives, sometimes reinforcing and sometimes anticipating the historians’ analysis. In studying the work of Robert Hayden, Harriette Arnow, Philip Levine, Lawrence Joseph, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, we recognize the impact of racial inequality even in times of prosperity; we see how industrialization and deindustrialization—not the actions of black residents—fueled the burning of Detroit; we observe how public policy and corporate behavior produced the devastation of the last six decades. By interrogating the narratives surrounding this single city, students have a context for analyzing the continuing challenges faced by this maligned and misunderstood American city and a focused experience of the relationship between place, history, and literature.
Frank D. Rashid
Popular media have long regarded Detroit an aberration, a “third-world city” unrelated to the rest of America, a city with a unique set of problems for which its people and leaders bear sole responsibility. Such views rest on narratives that blame its social and economic problems on a single event, a single mayor, or on the mostly black residents of Detroit. These narratives, in turn, rely on larger assumptions about Detroit and its history: that “good times” accompanied the growth of industry and commerce produced by profit-seeking but conscientious corporate leaders, that white residents were driven out when African Americans arrived, that a poor minority population cannot govern itself. Contemporary Detroit scholars directly confront these narratives by demonstrating how decisions of business and industrial leaders after World War II along with long-standing federal government policies led to the deindustrialization and depopulation of the city, intensifying inequality, unrest, and financial crisis.
In my Detroit in literature course, the students and I examine the ways that poetry and fiction set in the city illuminate these conditions, challenging the same popular narratives, sometimes reinforcing and sometimes anticipating the historians’ analysis. In studying the work of Robert Hayden, Harriette Arnow, Philip Levine, Lawrence Joseph, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, we recognize the impact of racial inequality even in times of prosperity; we see how industrialization and deindustrialization—not the actions of black residents—fueled the burning of Detroit; we observe how public policy and corporate behavior produced the devastation of the last six decades. By interrogating the narratives surrounding this single city, students have a context for analyzing the continuing challenges faced by this maligned and misunderstood American city and a focused experience of the relationship between place, history, and literature.
In my Detroit in literature course, the students and I examine the ways that poetry and fiction set in the city illuminate these conditions, challenging the same popular narratives, sometimes reinforcing and sometimes anticipating the historians’ analysis. In studying the work of Robert Hayden, Harriette Arnow, Philip Levine, Lawrence Joseph, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, we recognize the impact of racial inequality even in times of prosperity; we see how industrialization and deindustrialization—not the actions of black residents—fueled the burning of Detroit; we observe how public policy and corporate behavior produced the devastation of the last six decades. By interrogating the narratives surrounding this single city, students have a context for analyzing the continuing challenges faced by this maligned and misunderstood American city and a focused experience of the relationship between place, history, and literature.