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In this chapter, I document the connection of travel to the African American literary tradition from slave narratives to migration narratives. The text argues that travel is a fundamental trope within African American literature and promotes teaching the trope through study abroad.
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Hayes, J.L. (2020). A Call to Travel: Teaching African American Literature via Study Abroad. In: Teaching African American Literature Through Experiential Praxis. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48595-5_1
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