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White Scholars/African American Texts /

The essays in this collection explore the many difficulties created by the fact that white scholars greatly outnumber black scholars in the study and teaching of African American literature. Contributors, including some of the most prominent theorists in the field as well as younger scholars, examin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Long, Lisa
Autor Corporativo: ProQuest (Firm)
Otros Autores: Long, Lisa A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • "White scholars/African American texts" / Lisa A. Long
  • "Naming the problem that led to the question 'Who shall teach African American literature?' ; or, Are we ready to disband the Wheatley court?" / Nellie Y. McKay
  • Liberalism, authority, and authenticity : "theme for African American literature B" / Russ Castronovo
  • "Race walks in the room : white teachers in Black studies" / John Ernest
  • "Naming the problem embedded in the problem that led to the question 'Who shall teach African American literature?' ; or, Are we ready to discard the concept of authenticity altogether?" / Leslie W. Lewis
  • "Turning impossibilities into possibilities : a white scholar of Black literature at Tuskegee" / Barbara A. Baker
  • Training and working in the field : "Before positionality" / William L. Andrews
  • "White scholars in African American literary circles : appropriation or cultural literacy?" / Venetria K. Patton
  • "Knowing your 'stuff, ' knowing yourself" / April Conley Kilinski and Amanda M. Lawrence
  • "At close range : being Black and mentoring whites in African American studies" / Barbara McCaskill
  • Beyond Black and white : "Faulty analogies-queer white critics reading African American texts" / Sabine Meyer
  • "The colour of the critic : an intervention in the critical debate in African American theory on interpretive authority" / Nita N. Kumar
  • "Between Rome, Harlem, and Harlan" / Alessandro Portelli
  • "The stepsister and the clan : when the native teaches African American literature" / Ngwarsungu Chiwengo
  • "Twelve years with Martin Delany : a confession" / Robert S. Levine
  • "Master thoughts" / Dale M. Bauer
  • "Writing about Gwendolyn Brooks anyway" / James D. Sullivan
  • "Truth and talent in interpreting ethnic American autobiography : from white to Black and beyond" / Kimberly Rae Connor.