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Publishing blackness : textual constructions of race since 1850

Hutchinson, George, 1953- editor of compilation, Young, John K. (John Kevin), 1968- editor of compilation

Overview

\" From the white editorial authentication of slave narratives, to the cultural hybridity of the Harlem Renaissance, to the overtly independent publications of the Black Arts movement, to the commercial power of Oprah's Book Club, African American textuality has been uniquely shaped by the contests for cultural power inherent in literary production and distribution. Always haunted by the commodification of blackness, African American literary production interfaces with the processes of publication and distribution in particularly charged ways. An energetic exploration of the struggles and complexities of African American print culture, this collection ranges across the history of African American literature, and the authors have much to contribute on such issues as editorial and archival preservation, canonization, and the \"packaging\" and repackaging of black-authored texts. Publishing Blackness aims to project African Americanist scholarship into the discourse of textual scholarship, provoking further work in a vital area of literary study\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Subject: American literature African American authors History and criticism Theory, etc. / Criticism, Textual. / American literature African American authors Publishing History. / Literature publishing Political aspects United States History. / African Americans Intellectual life. / African Americans in literature. / LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American.
• ISBN: 9780472118632, 0472118633

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS153.N5 P83 2013	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE