The African American male, writing and difference : a polycentric approach to African American literature, criticism, and history /

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Author / Creator:Hogue, W. Lawrence, 1951-
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages 23 cm)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129485
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ISBN:1417524111
9781417524112
0791456935
9780791456934
0791456943
9780791456941
9780791487006
0791487008
Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-281) and index.
English.
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Summary:Annotation 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
Other form:Print version: Hogue, W. Lawrence, 1951- African American male, writing and difference. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003 0791456935 0791456943