Authentic Blackness : the folk in the New Negro renaissance /

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What constitutes "blackness" in American culture? And who gets to define whether or not someone is truly African American? Is a struggling hip-hop artist more "authentic" than a conservative Supreme Court justice? In Authentic Blackness J. Martin Favor looks to the New Negro Move...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Favor, J. Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham [North Carolina] : Duke University Press, 1999.
Series:New Americanists.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans > Race identity.
Group identity in literature.
Harlem Renaissance.
Race in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Noirs américains > Identité ethnique.
Identité collective dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African-American.
African Americans in literature
African Americans > Race identity
American literature
American literature > African American authors
Group identity in literature
Harlem Renaissance
Intellectual life
Race in literature
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Discourses of Black Identity: The Elements of Authenticity
  • 2. For a Mess of Pottage: James Weldon Johnson's Ex-Colored Man as (In)authentic Man
  • 3. "Colored; cold. Wrong somewhere.": Jean Toomer's Cane
  • 4. A Clash of Birthrights: Nella Larsen, the Feminine, and African American Identity
  • 5. Color, Culture, and the Nature of Race: George S. Schuyler's Black No More
  • 6. The Possibilities of Multiplicity: Community, Tradition, and African American Subject Positions

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