Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 231 g
Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 231 g
Reihe: Studies in African American History and Culture
ISBN: 978-1-138-96383-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
The Art of the Black Essay unveils the power of the African American essay to bring about a meditative shift in the minds of readers, to catapult them beyond racial ideology - by immersing them in it - and to elicit in them, ultimately, democratic change. This title outlines the specific tools of the trade, literary techniques through which the democratization process works: the uncanny, meditative moment of transcendency. This title also describes a psychological journey experienced by the essayist him/herself. Essay writing or life-writing is the vehicle to release the pull of ideology - the root of the "hierarchy of race" idea. In this book, the author makes a clear distinction between race as biology and race as ideology in order to align race with the culture, values, traditions and art of a people. The Art of the Black Essay shows how African American essayists have transcended the pull of two cultural identities and achieved democratic change.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
Weitere Infos & Material
I. Introduction
II. W.E.B. DuBois: Ideology and the Hybridity of Intentionality
III. James Baldwin: Voice of Prophesy
IV. Alice Walker: Beyond Race to Creation
V. Casting Stones, Dodging Bullets: Stanley Crouch & the Black Essay
VI. Super-literacy: Transcendence & Beyond
