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1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Toward a political history of African American literature -- The politics of early African American literature -- The culture of racial politics after slavery -- New Negro politics from reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance -- The geopolitics of African American autobiography between the world wars -- Copyright law, free speech, and the transformative value of African American literature -- The political audacity of Barack Obama's literature -- Epilogue: The politics of African American literature after Obama. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Politics and literature. |
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United States. |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jarrett, Gene Andrew, 1975- Representing the race. New York : New York University Press, ©2011 9780814743386 (DLC) 2011011052 (OCoLC)697261043 |
| ISBN |
9780814743409 electronic book |
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0814743404 electronic book |
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9780814743874 electronic book |
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0814743870 electronic book |
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9780814743386 |
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0814743382 |
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9780814743393 |
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0814743390 |
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