White scholars/African American texts / edited by Lisa A. Long.

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Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiv, 247 p.
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Other title:"White scholars/African American texts" /
"Naming the problem that led to the question 'Who shall teach African American literature?' ; or, Are we ready to disband the Wheatley court?" /
Liberalism, authority, and authenticity : "theme for African American literature B" /
"Race walks in the room : white teachers in Black studies" /
"Naming the problem embedded in the problem that led to the question 'Who shall teach African American literature?' ; or, Are we ready to discard the concept of authenticity altogether?" /
"Turning impossibilities into possibilities : a white scholar of Black literature at Tuskegee" /
Training and working in the field : "Before positionality" /
"White scholars in African American literary circles : appropriation or cultural literacy?" /
"Knowing your 'stuff,' knowing yourself" /
"At close range : being Black and mentoring whites in African American studies" /
Beyond Black and white : "Faulty analogies-queer white critics reading African American texts" /
"The colour of the critic : an intervention in the critical debate in African American theory on interpretive authority" / Nita N. Kumar -- "Between Rome, Harlem, and Harlan" / Alessandro Portelli -- "The stepsister and the clan : when the native teaches African American literature" / Ngwarsungu Chiwengo -- "Twelve years with Martin Delany : a confession" / Robert S. Levine -- "Master thoughts" / Dale M. Bauer -- "Writing about Gwendolyn Brooks anyway" / James D. Sullivan -- "Truth and talent in interpreting ethnic American autobiography : from white to Black and beyond" / Kimberly Rae Connor.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.
ISBN:0813535980 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813535999 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Lisa A. Long.