In this Book
- The African American Male, Writing, and Difference: A Polycentric Approach to African American Literature, Criticism, and History
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
In this wide-ranging analysis, W. Lawrence Hogue argues that African American life and history is more diverse than even African American critics generally acknowledge. Focusing on literary representations of African American males in particular, Hogue examines works by James Weldon Johnson, William Melvin Kelley, Charles Wright, Nathan Heard, Clarence Major, James Earl Hardy, and Don Belton to see how they portray middle-class, Christian, subaltern, voodoo, urban, jazz/blues, postmodern, and gay African American cultures. Hogue shows that this polycentric perspective can move beyond a “racial uplift” approach to African American literature and history and help paint a clearer picture of the rich diversity of African American life and culture.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- Acknowledgments
- p. xiii
- Chapter Eleven. Conclusion
- pp. 253-255
- Works Cited
- pp. 273-281
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791487006
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
55896333
Pages
291
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No