TY - JOUR KW - Women'S Studies KW - Social Sciences (General) KW - African American Literature KW - Black Literature KW - Black Women’s Writing KW - Popular Black Literature AU - Farah Griffin AB - The past 30 years have witnessed an explosion of literary production by people of African descent. Although Black writers have been publishing their work for centuries, this has been an era of institutionalizing and diversifying literature, identifying and creating a market for it, and formalizing its study. This article explores a number of major trends that have influenced the production, distribution, and reception of African American literature since the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. IS - 2 N2 - The past 30 years have witnessed an explosion of literary production by people of African descent. Although Black writers have been publishing their work for centuries, this has been an era of institutionalizing and diversifying literature, identifying and creating a market for it, and formalizing its study. This article explores a number of major trends that have influenced the production, distribution, and reception of African American literature since the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. PY - 2004 SN - 0021-9347 SP - 165 EP - 174 EP - T2 - Journal of Black Studies TI - Thirty Years of Black American Literature and Literary Studies: A Review VL - 35 ER - The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later.