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The Politics of Richard Wright : Perspectives on Resistance /
A pillar of African American literature, Richard Wright is one of the most celebrated and controversial authors in American history. His work championed intellectual freedom amid social and political chaos. Despite the popular and critical success of books such as Uncle Tom's Children (1938), B...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
The University Press of Kentucky,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Copyright page; Contents; Introduction; 1. I Have Seen Black Hands; 2. Wright's Afromodern Search for Political Freedom; 3. Richard Wright and the Critique of Class Theory; 4. Alternative Readings of Bigger Thomas; 5. Richard Wright's Mission; 6. Richard Wright and Black Women; 7. Masculinity, Misogyny, and the Limits of Racial Community; 8. He's a Rapist, Even When He's Not; 9. Behind the McGee Case; 10. Seizing Freedom with Simone de Beauvoir; 11. Revisiting Richard Wright in Ghana; 12. Psychology and Black Liberation in Richard Wright's Black Power (1954)
- 13. Blueprint for Negro Writing14. Floating Facts on a Sea of Emotion; 15. Many Dark Mirrors in Richard Wright's 12 Million Black Voices; 16. Richard Wright; 17. Joe Louis Uncovers Dynamite; 18. Notes toward a Poliltical Economy of Life and Death; 19. Reading Richard Wright beyond the Carceral State; 20. Slavery Continued, Freedom Sought; Acknowledgments; Further Reading; Contributors; Index