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African American Political Thought and American Culture : The Nation's Struggle for Racial Justice / by Alex Zamalin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zamalin, Alex, 1986- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Europe.
- Literature.
- Political science.
- Race.
- America--Literatures.
- America.
- World politics.
- European Politics.
- Political Science.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- North American Literature.
- Political History.
- Local Subjects:
- European Politics.
- Literature.
- Political Science.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- North American Literature.
- Political History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XI, 192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book demonstrates how certain African American writers radically re-envisioned core American ideals in order to make them serviceable for racial justice. Each writer's unprecedented reconstruction of key American values has the potential to energize American citizenship today.
- Contents:
- 1. African American Political Thought and American Culture
- 2. James Baldwin's Reconstruction of American Freedom
- 3. Ralph Ellison's Democratic Vision
- 4. Toni Morrison's Beloved, Generosity and Racial Justice
- 5. Conclusion: Racial Justice Today.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137528100
- 1137528109
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