Exodus Politics : Civil Rights and Leadership in African American Literature and Culture /

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Using the term "exodus politics" to theorize the valorization of Black male leadership in the movement for civil rights, the author explores the ways in which the political strategies and ideologies of this movement paradoxically undermined the collective enfranchisement of Black people. H...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Patterson, Robert J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Leadership in literature.
Civil rights in literature.
American literature > African American authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Leadership dans la litterature.
Droits de l'homme dans la litterature.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : civil rights, leadership, and exodus politics
  • "Is he the one?" : civil rights activism and leadership in Ernest Gaines's The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
  • "The refusal of Christ to accept crucifixion" : bridge leadership in Alice Walker's Meridian
  • "The important thing is making generations" : reconsidering reproduction and blues performance as forms of civil rights leadership in Gayl Jones's Corregidora
  • "We all killed him" : the limits of formal leadership and civil rights legislation in Charles Johnson's Dreamer
  • Epilogue : Is there life after exodus politics?

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