"In the years preceding the modern civil rights era, cultural critics profoundly affected American letters through psychologically informed explorations of racial ideology and segregationist practice. Jay Garcia's probing look at how and why these critiques arose and the changes they wroug...

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1. Verfasser:	Garcia, Jay, 1972-
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Schriftenreihe:	New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
Schlagworte:	Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987 > Criticism and interpretation. Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960 > Criticism and interpretation. Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987 Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960 1900-1999 African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century. American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General. African Americans > Intellectual life American literature > African American authors Intellectual life Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century. New York (State) > New York > Harlem Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Zusammenfassung:	"In the years preceding the modern civil rights era, cultural critics profoundly affected American letters through psychologically informed explorations of racial ideology and segregationist practice. Jay Garcia's probing look at how and why these critiques arose and the changes they wrought demonstrates the central role Richard Wright and his contemporaries played in devising modern antiracist cultural analysis. Departing from the largely accepted existence of a "Negro Problem," Wright and such literary luminaries as Ralph Ellison, Lillian Smith, and James Baldwin described and challenged a racist social order whose psychological undercurrents implicated all Americans and had yet to be adequately studied. Motivated by the elastic possibilities of clinical and academic inquiry, writers and critics undertook a rethinking of "race" and assessed the value of psychotherapy and psychological theory as antiracist strategies. Garcia examines how this new criticism brought together black and white writers and became a common idiom through fiction and nonfiction that attracted wide readerships. An illuminating picture of mid-twentieth-century American literary culture and intellectual life, Psychology Comes to Harlem reveals the critical and intellectual innovation of literary artists who bridged psychology and antiracism to challenge segregation."--Project Muse.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (232 pages)
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781421405414 1421405415