Exodus politics : civil rights and leadership in African American literature and culture /

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Hoofdauteur: Patterson, Robert J., 1980-
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • Introduction: Gendered contexts: civil rights, leadership, exodus politics, and African American literature
  • Is he the one?: the politics of gender and gender politics: civil rights activism and leadership in Ernest Gaines' The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
  • The refusal of Christ to accept crucifixion: bridge leadership refutes the paradoxes of exodus politics in Alice Walker's Meridian
  • The important thing is making generations: reconsidering reproduction and blues performances as forms of civil rights leadership in Gayl Jones' Corregidora
  • We all killed him the limits of (formal) leadership and civil rights legislation in Charles Johnson's Dreamer
  • Epilogue: Is there life after exodus politics?.