This study examines how African American writers use visual tropes as literary devices to challenge readers' conceptions of black identity.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Lena Hill is Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Iowa. She is the co-author of Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man': A Reference Guide (2008). Her work has been published in journals such as American Literature and African American Review. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University, Connecticut.
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Introduction: the trope of the picture book Part I. Sights of Instruction: 1. Witnessing moral authority in pre-abolition literature 2. Picturing education and labor in Washington and Du Bois 3. Gazing upon plastic art in the Harlem Renaissance Part II. Lessons from the Museum: 4. Zora Neale Hurston: seeing by the rules of the Natural History Museum 5. Melvin Tolson: gaining modernist perspective in the art gallery 6. Ralph Ellison: engaging racial perception beyond museum walls Coda: redefining the look of American character.
Introduction: the trope of the picture book Part I. Sights of Instruction: 1. Witnessing moral authority in pre-abolition literature 2. Picturing education and labor in Washington and Du Bois 3. Gazing upon plastic art in the Harlem Renaissance Part II. Lessons from the Museum: 4. Zora Neale Hurston: seeing by the rules of the Natural History Museum 5. Melvin Tolson: gaining modernist perspective in the art gallery 6. Ralph Ellison: engaging racial perception beyond museum walls Coda: redefining the look of American character.
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