Race and the literary encounter : black literature from James Weldon Johnson to Percival Everett /

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What effect has the black literary imagination attempted to have on, in Toni Morrison's words, "a race of readers that understands itself to be 'universal' or race-free"? How has black literature challenged the notion that reading is a race-neutral act? Race and the Literary...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Larkin, Lesley (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Colección:Blacks in the diaspora.
Temas:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Race in literature.
Books and reading > Social aspects > United States.
African Americans > Books and reading.
African Americans in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Race dans la littérature.
Livres et lecture > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Noirs américains > Livres et lecture.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
African Americans > Books and reading
African Americans in literature
American literature > African American authors
Books and reading > Social aspects
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Race in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Scenes of reading, scenes of racialization: modern and contemporary black literature
  • Unbinding the double audience: James Weldon Johnson
  • Speakerly reading: Zora Neale Hurston
  • Close reading "You": Ralph Ellison
  • Erasing precious: Sapphire and Percival Everett
  • Reading and being read: Jamaica Kincaid
  • Epilogue: Toward a theory and pedagogy of responsible reading: Toni Morrison.

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