Cheryl Butler

The Art of the Black Essay

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Art of the Black Essay unveils the power of the African American essay to bring about a meditative shift in the minds of readers, to catapult them beyond racial ideology - by immersing them in it - and to elicit in them, ultimately, democratic change. This title outlines the specific tools of the trade, literary techniques through which the democratization process works: the uncanny, meditative moment of transcendency. This title also describes a psychological journey experienced by the essayist him/herself. Essay writing or life-writing is the vehicle to release the pull of ideology - the root of the "hierarchy of race" idea. In this book, the author makes a clear distinction between race as biology and race as ideology in order to align race with the culture, values, traditions and art of a people. The Art of the Black Essay shows how African American essayists have transcended the pull of two cultural identities and achieved democratic change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780415935746
• ISBN-10: 0415935741
• Artikelnr.: 20976415

Autorenporträt

Cheryl Butler

Inhaltsangabe

I. Introduction II. W.E.B. DuBois: Ideology and the Hybridity of
Intentionality III. James Baldwin: Voice of Prophesy IV. Alice Walker:
Beyond Race to Creation V. Casting Stones, Dodging Bullets: Stanley Crouch
& the Black Essay VI. Super-literacy: Transcendence & Beyond