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Description for Betrayal
Condemns those black intellectuals who, the author believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism in America. This work urges black intellectuals to forge both sacred and secular connections with local communities and rededicate themselves to social responsibility. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Houston A. Baker Jr. condemns those black intellectuals who, he believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism in America. These individuals choose personal gain over the interests of the black majority, whether they are espousing neoconservative positions that distort the contours of contemporary social and political dynamics or abandoning race as an important issue in the study of American literature and culture. Most important, they do a disservice to the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., and others who have fought for black rights. In the literature, speeches, and academic ... Read more
Houston A. Baker Jr. condemns those black intellectuals who, he believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism in America. These individuals choose personal gain over the interests of the black majority, whether they are espousing neoconservative positions that distort the contours of contemporary social and political dynamics or abandoning race as an important issue in the study of American literature and culture. Most important, they do a disservice to the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., and others who have fought for black rights. In the literature, speeches, and academic ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231139649
SKU
V9780231139649
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About Houston A. Baker
Houston A. Baker Jr. is Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of I Don't Hate the South: Reflections on Faulkner, Family, and the South; Turning South Again: Re-thinking Modernism/Re-reading Booker T.; Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy; Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular Theory, and a number of other studies of African American literature and ... Read more
Reviews for Betrayal
Baker succeeds in making his case... How fitting that Baker offers not just words here but action too.
Erin Aubry Kaplan Los Angeles Times A courageous book, raising much needed questions in this our brave new world.
Lolis Eric Elie The Times-Picayune I highly recommend this exceptional work of scholarship, for it is worth the price of the ... Read more
Erin Aubry Kaplan Los Angeles Times A courageous book, raising much needed questions in this our brave new world.
Lolis Eric Elie The Times-Picayune I highly recommend this exceptional work of scholarship, for it is worth the price of the ... Read more