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The sovereignty of quiet : beyond resistance in black culture.
African American culture is often considered expressive, dramatic, and even defiant, and this matrix has dominated our understanding of black communities and texts. In The Sovereignty of Quiet, Kevin Quashie explores how a different kind of expressiveness, from protests to readings to landmark texts...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Piscataway :
Rutgers University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | African American culture is often considered expressive, dramatic, and even defiant, and this matrix has dominated our understanding of black communities and texts. In The Sovereignty of Quiet, Kevin Quashie explores how a different kind of expressiveness, from protests to readings to landmark texts, as represented in the idea of quiet could change common conceptions and provide a more nuanced view of black culture. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (v, 193 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-186) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813553115 0813553113 0813553091 9780813553092 1280691719 9781280691713 9786613668653 6613668656 |