num_pages: 330
description: Writing America Black examines the African American press and selected literary works by black authors. By viewing the journalist's role as historian, reporter, tastemaker, and propagandist, C.K. Doreski reveals the close bond to a larger African American literary tradition. Rich in cultural and historical context, this valuable study will be of interest to readers of literature, history, African American studies, American studies, and journalism.
language: English
title: Writing America Black: Race Rhetoric and the Public Sphere
titlecomplete: Writing America Black: Race Rhetoric and the Public Sphere (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, Series Number 122)
ratings_count: 1
series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
publisher: Cambridge University Press