Representing the race :: a new political history of African American literature /

The political value of African American literature has long been a topic of great debate among American writers, both black and white, from Thomas Jefferson to Barack Obama. In his compelling new book, Representing the Race, Gene Andrew Jarrett traces the genealogy of this topic in order to develop...

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1. Verfasser: Jarrett, Gene Andrew, 1975- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Zusammenfassung:The political value of African American literature has long been a topic of great debate among American writers, both black and white, from Thomas Jefferson to Barack Obama. In his compelling new book, Representing the Race, Gene Andrew Jarrett traces the genealogy of this topic in order to develop an innovative political history of African American literature. Jarrett examines texts of every sort-pamphlets, autobiographies, cultural criticism, poems, short stories, and novels-to parse the myths of authenticity, popular culture, nationalism, and militancy that have come to define African Amer.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 263 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780814743409
0814743404
9780814743874
0814743870

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