R. Purcell

Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War Intellectual Culture (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

While the arms race of the post-war period has been widely discussed, Purcell explores the under-acknowledged but critical role another kind of 'race' - that is, race as a biological and sociological concept - played within the global and cultural Cold War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137313843
• Artikelnr.: 40722153

Autorenporträt

Richard Purcell is Associate Professor in the Literary and Cultural Studies Program at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. His field of study is twentieth century and twenty-first century American literature, literary criticism and critical theory. He has secondary interests in African-American literature, Film Studies and Cold War Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction: From Popular Fronts to Liberal Conspiracies 1. Figura of a Negro Problem 2. Ellison from the Heart of Europe 3. 1965 and the Battle Over Who Speaks for the Negro 4. An Integrative Vernacular 5. Ellison, Obama and Post-Race Politics in the 21st Century Notes Bibliography Index