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Critical Memory: Public Spheres, African American Writing, and Black Fathers and Sons in America (Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Ser.)
Houston A. Baker
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Hardcover. From the lone outcry of Richard Wright's "Black Boy" to the chorusing voices of Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March, this work examines the second half of the 20th century to assess the challenges to African American cultural and intellectual life. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
Dispatches from the battleground of black ideas and identity 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 to African American cultural and intellectual life. As Houston A. Baker recalls his own youth in Louisville, Kentucky, and Washington, D.C., he situates such figures as Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Shelby Steele, O.J. Simpson, Chris Rock, and Jesse Jackson within such issues as the embattled state of African American manhood and the ""financing and promotion of black intellectuals."" The ""memory"" ... Read more
Dispatches from the battleground of black ideas and identity 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 to African American cultural and intellectual life. As Houston A. Baker recalls his own youth in Louisville, Kentucky, and Washington, D.C., he situates such figures as Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Shelby Steele, O.J. Simpson, Chris Rock, and Jesse Jackson within such issues as the embattled state of African American manhood and the ""financing and promotion of black intellectuals."" The ""memory"" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820322407
SKU
V9780820322407
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About Houston A. Baker
Houston A. Baker Jr. is a professor of English at Duke University. Among his honors and achievements in American letters, Baker is a past president of the Modern Language Association. His books include Workings of the Spirits: The Poetics of Afro-American Women's Writing and Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy.
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