Representing the race : a new political history of African American literature / Gene Andrew Jarrett.
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814743409 0814743404 9780814743874 0814743870 |
| Language: | English. |