Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War Intellectual Culture [electronic resource] /
Purcell, R.author.
While the arms race of the post-war period has been widely discussed, Purcell explores the under-acknowledged but critical role another kind of 'race' - that is, race as a biological and sociological concept - played within the global and cultural Cold War.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: From Popular Fronts to Liberal Conspiracies; 1 Figura of a Negro Problem; 2 Ellison From the Heart of Europe; 3 1965 and the Battle Over Who Spoke for the Negro; 4 An Integrative Vernacular; Conclusion: Ellison, Obama and Post-Race Politics in the Twenty-First Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Titles and Names
Includes bibliographical references and index.
While the arms race of the post-war period has been widely discussed, Purcell explores the under-acknowledged but critical role another kind of 'race' - that is, race as a biological and sociological concept - played within the global and cultural Cold War.
Ellison, Ralph
International relations.
Cultural studies.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Literature-History and criticism.
Social history.
History, Modern.
International Relations.
Cultural Studies.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Literary History.
Social History.
Modern History.