Jaleel Akhtar

Toni Morrison and the New Black

Reading God Help the Child

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Produktbeschreibung

Toni Morrison and the New Black examines how Morrison explores the concept of the new black in the context of post-soul, post-black and post-racial discourses. Morrison evolves the new black as symbolic of unprecedented black success in all walks of life, from politics to the media, business and beyond. Jaleel Akhtar's work takes this a

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 134mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 159g
• ISBN-13: 9781032095264
• ISBN-10: 1032095261
• Artikelnr.: 62150157

Autorenporträt

In his detailed, textured analysis, Jaleel Akhtar assesses God Help the Child as Toni Morrison's articulation of "new black" identities as fluid, plastic and evolving from both Harlem Renaissance conceptualizations of the "New Negro" and from the post-civil rights era

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Passing as the Old Black
2 Passing as the New Black
3 Oreotizing the New Black
4 The New Black Melancholy
Conclusion: Apostrophe in God Help the Child
Bibliography
Index