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Autobiography and Black Identity Politics: Racialization in Twentieth-Century America
Contributor(s): Mostern, Kenneth (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521646790     ISBN-13: 9780521646796
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $41.79  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 1999
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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.

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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - African American
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
Dewey: 973.049
LCCN: 98-36538
Lexile Measure: 1690(Not Available)
Series: Cultural Margins
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.44" W x 8.48" L (0.76 lbs) 294 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Index, Table of Contents
 
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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.
 
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