Exorcising blackness : historical and literary lynching and burning rituals / Trudier Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Trudier.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--African American authors.

Lynching in literature.

African American men in literature.

Castration in literature.

Race relations in literature.

Violence in literature.

African Americans--Crimes against.

African Americans.

Lynching--History.

Lynching.

African Americans--History.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (inscription) (Banks Collection copy)

Harris, Trudier (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 222 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 1984.

Contents:

Ritual and Ritual Violence in American Life and Culture

Fear of Castration: A Literary History

Literary Lynchings and Burnings

Racial Violence and the Formation of an Aesthetic: Richard Wright

An Aborted Attempt at Reversing the Ritual: John Wideman

Beyond the Ritual?

The Meaning of a Tradition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has embossed stamp "JB The Library of Joanna Banks".

Banks Collection copy inscribed "For Joanna Banks, Best wishes in your continued collecting - Burch lecture, Howard University. Trudier Harris 11 April 1991'.

ISBN:

0253319951

OCLC:

10429958