Books

19 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Just us girls Just us girls Wendy Rountree vi, 124 p. ; 23 cm OL11913918W
The African-American Novel in the Age of Reaction The African-American Novel in the Age of Reaction Charles Waddell Chesnutt xx, 587 p. ; 18 cm OL14950330W
Conditions of the present Conditions of the present Lindon Barrett Collects essays by the late Lindon Barrett, whose scholarship centers African American literature as a site from which to theorize race and liberation in the United States. Barrett confronts critical… OL17889567W
Black women writers (1950-1980) Black women writers (1950-1980) Mari Evans Recent black women writers discuss their lives and work, followed by critical essays by both men and women. OL18124938W
African American women writers African American women writers Brenda Scott Wilkinson Discusses the lives and work of such notable African American women authors as: Phillis Wheatley, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, and Terry McMillan. OL18150351W
Thriving on a riff Thriving on a riff David Murray - undifferentiated,Graham Lock This text explores the influence of jazz and blues in two key areas of cultural expression, literature and film, where these musics have often been inextricably linked with notions of racial identity… OL18784718W
Preaching the gospel of black revolt Preaching the gospel of black revolt Reginald A. Wilburn "In this comparative and hybrid study, Wilburn examines the presence and influence of John Milton in a diverse array of early African American writing such as Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Fr… OL19664909W
The portable nineteenth-century African American women writers The portable nineteenth-century African American women writers Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,Hollis Robbins "A landmark collection documenting the social, political, and artistic lives of African American women throughout the tumultuous nineteenth century. The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American W… OL19730955W
The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance Cheryl A. Wall "The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. It was the cultural phase of the "New Negro" movement, a social and political phenomenon that prom… OL20040722W
Writing prejudices Writing prejudices Robert Samuels "Writing Prejudices addresses critical attempts to undermine prejudice through education in general, and literary studies in particular. Robert Samuels argues that these attempts often fail because t… OL2620586W
The Black Interior The Black Interior Elizabeth Alexander With a poet's precision and an intellectually adventurous spirit, Elizabeth Alexander explores a wide spectrum of contemporary African American artistic life through literature, paintings, popular me… OL3362257W
Black mothers to sons Black mothers to sons Joyce Elaine King xi, 132 p. ; 23 cm OL3744423W
Critical memory Critical memory Houston A. Baker "From the lone outcry of Richard Wright's Black Boy to the chorusing voices of Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March, Critical Memory looks across the past half century to assess the current challenges… OL4315226W
Turning south again Turning south again Houston A. Baker Summary:Offers an account of the struggle for black modernism in the United States. This book combines historical considerations with psychoanalysis, personal memoir, and whiteness studies to argue t… OL4315233W
Impossible witnesses Impossible witnesses Dwight A. McBride Black literary production during the 19th century was dominated by the issues of slavery, racial subjugation, abolitionist politics and liberation. This book examines how those authors bore witness t… OL5714029W
African American Women Writers in New Jersey, 1836-2000 African American Women Writers in New Jersey, 1836-2000 Sibyl E. Moses xx, 231 p. : 24 cm OL5961721W
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, Second Edition Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, Second Edition Aberjhani,Sandra L. West,Clement Alexander Price In this, the world’s first *Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance*, readers do something more than witness the triumphs and tragedies of poets such as Langston Hughes and Jean Toomer, novelists like… OL5968389W
The Black "I" The Black "I" Devon Boan x, 131 p. ; 23 cm OL6212719W
Nationalism, Marxism, and African American Literature between the Wars Nationalism, Marxism, and African American Literature between the Wars Anthony Dawahare "During and after the Harlem Renaissance, the clash of two tremendous intellectual forces - nationalism and Marxism - changed the future of African American writing. Current literary thinking says th… OL6543251W