James Baldwin and the 1980s : Witnessing the Reagan Era /

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By the 1980s, critics and the public alike considered James Baldwin irrelevant. Yet Baldwin remained an important, prolific writer until his death in 1987. Indeed, his work throughout the decade pushed him into new areas, in particular an expanded interest in the social and psychological consequence...

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Main Author: Vogel, Joseph, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987
Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987 > Criticism and interpretation.
Nineteen eighties.
Literature and society.
American literature > African American authors.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Annees quatre-vingt (Vingtieme siecle)
Noirs americains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siecle.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The price of the beat: Black popular music and the crossover dream
  • Freaks in the Reagan era: Androgyny and the American ideal of manhood
  • The welcome table: Intimacy, AIDS, and love
  • "To crush the serpent": The religious right and the moral minority
  • Things not seen: Covering tragedy, from the terror in Atlanta to Black Lives Matter.

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