Half in Shadow : The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay / / Shanna Greene Benjamin.
"Nellie Y. McKay (1930-2006) was a pivotal figure in contemporary American letters. The author of several books, McKay is best known for coediting the canon-making Norton Anthology of African American Literature with Henry Louis Gates Jr., which helped secure a place for the scholarly study of...
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Greene Benjamin, Shanna, author. Half in Shadow The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay / Shanna Greene Benjamin. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021. ©2021. 1 online resource (1 online resource) : 13 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Hurston/Wright Legacy Award: Nonfiction, 2022. Description based on print version record. Cover -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Scene I | The Site of Memory -- Chapter One. Strategies, Not Truths -- Scene II | She May Very Well Have Invented Herself -- Chapter Two. Some Very Vital Missing Thing -- Scene III | Rootedness -- Chapter Three. When and Where I Enter -- Scene IV | Home -- Chapter Four. Crepuscule with Nellie -- Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. "Nellie Y. McKay (1930-2006) was a pivotal figure in contemporary American letters. The author of several books, McKay is best known for coediting the canon-making Norton Anthology of African American Literature with Henry Louis Gates Jr., which helped secure a place for the scholarly study of Black writing that had been ignored by white academia. However, there is more to McKay's life and legacy than her literary scholarship. After her passing, new details about McKay's life emerged, surprising everyone who knew her. Why did McKay choose to hide so many details of her past? Shanna Greene Benjamin examines McKay's path through the professoriate to learn about the strategies, sacrifices, and successes of contemporary Black women in the American academy"-- Provided by publisher. Women's studies United States History. African American women scholars Biography. African American women college teachers Biography. McKay, Nellie Y. 1-4696-6253-1 1-4696-6190-X |
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