| Autobiography and Black Identity Politics: Racialization in Twentieth-Century America Contributor(s): Mostern, Kenneth (Author), Brennan, Timothy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521641144 ISBN-13: 9780521641142 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: Why has autobiography been central to African American political speech throughout the twentieth century? Kenneth Mostern illustrates the relationship between narrative and racial categories such as "colored," "Negro," "black" or "African American" in the work of writers such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Malcom X, Martin Luther King, Paul Robeson, Angela Davis and bell hooks. Mostern shows how these autobiographical narratives attempt to construct and transform the political meanings of blackness. This wide-ranging study will interest all those working in African American Studies, cultural studies and literary theory. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 973.049 |
| LCCN: 98-36538 |
| Lexile Measure: 1690 |
| Series: Cultural Margins |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.8" W x 8.74" (0.96 lbs) 294 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why has autobiography been central to African American political speech throughout the twentieth century? Kenneth Mostern illustrates the relationship between narrative and racial categories such as colored, Negro, black or African American in the work of writers such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Malcom X, Martin Luther King, Paul Robeson, Angela Davis and bell hooks. Mostern shows how these autobiographical narratives attempt to construct and transform the political meanings of blackness. This wide-ranging study will interest all those working in African American Studies, cultural studies and literary theory. |