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Writing America Black : race rhetoric in the public sphere / C.K. Doreski.
Van Pelt Library PS153.N5 D597 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doreski, Carole.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--African American authors.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
- Rhetoric.
- English language--United States--Rhetoric.
- English language.
- Rhetoric--Social aspects.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- United States.
- Rhetoric--Social aspects--United States.
- African Americans--Communication.
- African Americans.
- African Americans in literature.
- Journalism--United States.
- Journalism.
- African American press.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 301 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- Writing America Black examines the African American press and selected literary works by black authors. By viewing the journalist's role as historian, reporter, tastemaker, and propagandist, C.K. Doreski reveals the close bond to a larger African American literary tradition. Rich in cultural and historical context, this valuable study will be of interest to readers of literature, history, African American studies, American studies, and journalism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521564158
- 052156462X
- OCLC:
- 38732002
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