“Show, Don't Tell”: Redefining Contemporary Black Southern Rurality in Robin M. Boylorn's Sweetwater

Brittney Cooper is Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Africana Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University Livingston Campus. Correspondence to: Brittney Cooper, Africana Studies, Rutgers University Livingston Campus, Room 112, Beck Hall, 99 Avenue E, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. Email: bcc63@scarletmail.rutgers.edu.

Susana M. Morris is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Auburn University. Correspondence to: Susana M. Morris, Department of English, 9030 Haley Center, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. Email: smm0006@auburn.edu.