Title: Loose canons : notes on the culture wars /
Authors: Gates, Henry Louis,
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: American literature Afro-American authors History and criticism Theory, etc.; American literature Study and teaching (Higher); Literature and society United States.; African Americans Intellectual life; Race in literature.; Canon (Literature); American literature African American authors History and criticism Theory, etc.; Culture conflict United States; African Americans in literature
Abstract: Examines multiculturism in American literature and the cultural diversity found in the American classroom.
Contents: Canon confidential: a Sam Slade caper -- The master's pieces: on canon formation and the African-American tradition -- Writing, "Race" and the difference it makes -- Talking black: critical signs of the times -- "Tell me, sir, ... what IS "black" literature?" -- Integrating the American mind -- African-American studies in the 21st century -- "What's in a name?" Some meanings of blackness -- The big picture -- Trading on the margin: notes on the culture of criticism.