In the Shadow of the Black Beast : African American Masculinity in the Harlem and Southern Renaissances /

Andrew B. Leiter presents the first book-length study of the sexually violent African American man, or "black beast," as a composite literary phenomenon. According to Leiter, the black beast theme served as a fundamental link between the Harlem and Southern Renaissances, with writers from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leiter, Andrew B., 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Masculinity in literature.
Harlem Renaissance.
American fiction > African American authors.
American fiction.
African Americans in literature.
African American men > Race identity.
African American men in literature.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Hommes noirs americains dans la litterature.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Masculinite dans la litterature.
Hommes noirs americains > Identite ethnique.
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
Roman americain > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire et critique.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > Southern States > History and criticism.
Southern States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: literary renaissance and the interracial "sex factor"
  • Sexual victims and black beasts in the nineteenth century
  • One-drop men in the shadow of the beast: Walter White and James Weldon Johnson
  • Sexual transgressions and the battle at the racial border: Schuyler's Black no more and Faulkner's Light in August
  • Black beasts and the historical imaginations of Margaret Mitchell and Allen Tate
  • The end of the chaste icon and the embrace of the beast: Caldwell's Trouble in July and Wright's Native son
  • Conclusion: bigger and the black beast revenge narrative.

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