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Dark mirror : African Americans and the Federal Writers' Project / J.J. Butts.
Van Pelt Library E175.4.W9 B88 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butts, J. J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Federal Writers' Project--Influence.
- Federal Writers' Project.
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--African American authors.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- Liberalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Liberalism.
- Race relations.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Race relations--20th century.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x,185 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Shows how Black writers such as Richard Wright, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison participating in the Federal Writer' Project of the 1930s responded to and shaped New Deal programs and ideology"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 New World Symphony: New Deal Civic Pluralism in the FWP Guidebooks
- ch. 2 This Wise Geolatry: Modernization and Urban Planning in the FWP Guidebooks
- ch. 3 Other Than What We Seem: The Folk Histories of Hurston and Wright
- ch. 4 They Seek a City: The Future of African America in FWP Social Histories and Intertexts
- ch. 5 Patterns of Modernity: The Urban Folk, State Power, and Citizenship in Petry and Ellison.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814214770
- 0814214770
- OCLC:
- 1250305428
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