Representing the Race : : A New Political History of African American Literature / / Gene Andrew Jarrett.
The political value of African American literature has long been a topic of great debate among American writers, both black and white, from Thomas Jefferson to Barack Obama. In his compelling new book, Representing the Race, Gene Andrew Jarrett traces the genealogy of this topic in order to develop...
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Jarrett, Gene Andrew, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Representing the Race : A New Political History of African American Literature / Gene Andrew Jarrett. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2011] ©2011 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Toward a New Political History of African American Literature -- 1. The Politics of Early African American Literature -- 2. The Intellectual Culture of Racial Politics after Slavery -- 3. New Negro Politics from Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance -- 4. The Geopolitics of African American Autobiography between the World Wars -- 5. Copyright Law, Free Speech, and the Transformative Value of African American Literature -- 6. The Political Audacity of Barack Obama’s Literature -- Epilogue. The Politics of African American Literature after Obama -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The political value of African American literature has long been a topic of great debate among American writers, both black and white, from Thomas Jefferson to Barack Obama. In his compelling new book, Representing the Race, Gene Andrew Jarrett traces the genealogy of this topic in order to develop an innovative political history of African American literature. Jarrett examines texts of every sort-pamphlets, autobiographies, cultural criticism, poems, short stories, and novels-to parse the myths of authenticity, popular culture, nationalism, and militancy that have come to define African American political activism in recent decades. He argues that unless we show the diverse and complex ways that African American literature has transformed society, political myths will continue to limit our understanding of this intellectual tradition.Cultural forums ranging from the printing press, schools, and conventions, to parlors, railroad cars, and courtrooms provide the backdrop to this African American literary history, while the foreground is replete with compelling stories, from the debate over racial genius in early American history and the intellectual culture of racial politics after slavery, to the tension between copyright law and free speech in contemporary African American culture, to the political audacity of Barack Obama’s creative writing. Erudite yet accessible, Representing the Race is a bold explanation of what’s at stake in continuing to politicize African American literature in the new millennium. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) African Americans Intellectual life United States. African Americans Intellectual life. American literature African American authors History and criticism. Politics and literature History and criticism United States. Politics and literature United States. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African-American. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110706444 print 9780814743386 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814743386.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814743874 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814743874/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Toward a New Political History of African American Literature -- 1. The Politics of Early African American Literature -- 2. The Intellectual Culture of Racial Politics after Slavery -- 3. New Negro Politics from Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance -- 4. The Geopolitics of African American Autobiography between the World Wars -- 5. Copyright Law, Free Speech, and the Transformative Value of African American Literature -- 6. The Political Audacity of Barack Obama’s Literature -- Epilogue. The Politics of African American Literature after Obama -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
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