Charisma and the Fictions of Black Leadership /

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Social and political change is impossible in the absence of gifted male charismatic leadership -- this is the fiction that shaped African American culture throughout the twentieth century. If we understand this, Erica R. Edwards tells us, we will better appreciate the dramatic variations within both...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edwards, Erica R. (Erica Renee)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Leadership in literature.
Charisma (Personality trait) in literature.
Black people in literature.
American literature > African American authors.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Charisme dans la litterature.
Leadership dans la litterature.
Personnes noires dans la litterature.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Social and political change is impossible in the absence of gifted male charismatic leadership -- this is the fiction that shaped African American culture throughout the twentieth century. If we understand this, Erica R. Edwards tells us, we will better appreciate the dramatic variations within both the modern black freedom struggle and the black literary tradition.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9780816680221

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