American Body Politics - Race, Gender and Black Literary Renaissance

Informationen zum Autor FELIPE SMITH is an associate professor of English at Tulane University. Klappentext Felipe Smith tracks the emergence of particular gender images--such as white witch, black madonna, mammy, and white lady--and their impact on early African American literature. Smith gives us a remarkable synthesis of historical readings combined with a highly original contribution to the comprehension of racial thought and literary writing.

Product details

• Authors: Felipe Smith
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.1998
• EAN: 9780820319339
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-1933-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Amerika, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American