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Ralph Ellison : invisible man, celebrated writer / by Rex Barnett.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Black studies in video.
- Black studies in video
- Black American Experience
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ellison, Ralph.
- African American authors--20th century--Biography.
- African American authors.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (49 min.) : sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Venice, CA : TMW Media Group, 1995.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Ralph Ellison was an African-American writer and essayist, whose only novel Invisible Man (1953) gained a wide critical success. Ellison's ambitious journey from a childhood of hardship and poverty to celebrated African American writer is chronicled in this inspiring program through exclusive interviews and personal recollection. Invisible Man (1952) addresses issues pertinent to Black society and identity in the 1950s by using the protagonists desire and determination to be visible as a metaphor for the entire African American community's struggle to be recognized in a world of prejudice and hostility. He remarked that 'Literature is Colorblind', using racial issues as a means to express the universal dilemmas of identity and self-discovery. Despite the social and political boundaries in place during the 1950s for a black man with no formal education, Ellison has been compared to such writers as Melville and Hawthorne. Talented in many fields, Ellison also was an accomplished jazz trumpeter and a free-lance photographer. Ellison lectured widely at various American colleges and universities, including Columbia, Yale, Chicago, and New York University. Among Ellisons several awards are the Medal of Freedom (1969), Chevalier de lOrdre des Artes et Lettres (1970) and 1985 National Medal of Arts.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Black studies in video, viewed March 28, 2014).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2013. (Black studies in video). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 881547758
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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