Autobiography and Black Identity Politics: Racialization in Twentieth-Century America

(Part of the Cultural Margins Series)

by Kenneth Mostern

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521646790

ISBN13:9780521646796

Release Date:June 1999

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:294 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies American Literature Civil Rights Civil Rights & Liberties Classics Criticism & Theory Discrimination & Racism History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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