Autobiography and Black identity politics

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"Why has autobiography been central to African-American political speech throughout the twentieth century? What is it about the racialization process that persistently places African-Americans in the position of speaking from personal experience? In Autobiography and Black Identity Politics: Racialization in Twentieth-Century America Kenneth Mostern illustrates the relationship between narrative and racial categories such as "colored," "Negro," "black," or "African American" in the work of writers such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Malcolm X, Paul Robeson, Angela Davis, and bell hooks. This wide-ranging study will interest all those working in African-American studies, cultural studies, and literary theory."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: African American authors,  African Americans,  Autobiography,  Political aspects,  Political aspects of Autobiography,  Politics and government,  Race identity,  Race relations,  United states, race relations,  African americans, politics and government,  Identity politics,  Afro-Americans,  Afro-American authors,  Biography

Places: United States