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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Mainzer Studien Zur Amerikanistik
ISBN-10
3631619626
ISBN-13
9783631619629
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 25th, 2011
Print length
236 Pages
Weight
416 grams
Dimensions
21.90 x 15.50 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
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Blackness and the Color Black in 20th-Century African-American Fiction
Nobody’s skin is really black or white. Yet both terms are constantly used to classify people. Whiteness studies have revealed that ‘white’ must be considered as an ideological label that defines superiority and privilege. Conversely, ‘black’ came to mark inferiority and discrimination. This study explores how African-Americans responded to Anglo-Saxon race theory by adopting the originally demeaning assignation ‘black’ and turning it into the ideology of ‘black’ self-empowerment and racial pride. The analyses of eighteen novels from the African-American literary canon which focus on the significance of the color ‘black’ and the concept of blackness strongly suggest the importance of blackness studies while providing a close (re)reading of major works of 20th-century ‘black’ fiction.
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