Reckoning Day : Race, Place, and the Atom Bomb in Postwar America /

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"Tells the story of African Americans' response to the atomic threat in the postwar period. Examines the anti-nuclear writing and activism of figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Lorraine Hansberry as well as the placement of black characters in white-autho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foertsch, Jacqueline, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations in literature.
Atomic bomb > Social aspects.
Atomic bomb in literature.
Antinuclear movement.
American literature > African American authors.
American literature.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
African American political activists.
African American intellectuals.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Relations raciales dans la litterature.
Bombe atomique dans la litterature.
Intellectuels noirs americains > Biographies.
Activistes noirs americains > Biographies.
Noirs americains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siecle.
Mouvement antinucleaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Bombe atomique > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
African American intellectuals > Biography.
African American political activists > Biography.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Antinuclear movement > United States > History > 20th century.
Atomic bomb > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Extraordinarily Convenient Neighbors" : Servant-Savior-Savants in White-Authored Post-Nuclear Novels
  • "Tomorrow's Children" : Interracial Conflict and Resolution in Atomic-Era Science Fiction and Afro-Futurism
  • Sidebar : Covering the Bomb in the African American Press
  • Against the "Starless Midnight of Racism and War" : African American Intellectuals and the Anti-Nuclear Agenda
  • Last Man Standing : Sex and Survival in the Interracial Apocalyptic
  • Conclusion: "Don't Drop It, Stop It, Bebop It" : Some Final Notes on Race, Place, and the Atom Bomb in Postwar America.

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