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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jarrett, Gene Andrew, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Toward a political history of African American literature
  • The politics of early African American literature
  • The intellectual 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.