Rewriting Exodus
Subtitle: American futures from Du Bois to Obama
By: Anna Hartnell
Series: Decolonial studies, postcolonial horizons; Decolonial studies, postcolonial horizons
Publisher: Pluto Press; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780745329567; 9780745329550
Subjects: Intellectual life; Race relations; African Americans; History
Description: Traces the concept of Exodus as a powerful narrative of liberation for pivotal black thinkers and explores its significance for contemporary America. Suggests new ways of thinking about America's relationship with race, the Middle East, and the wider postcolonial world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Re-reading America : Barack Obama; title: Double consciousness and the master/slave dialectic : W.E.B. Du Bois; title: Excavating the promised land : Martin Luther King; title: Reclaiming 'Egypt' : Malcolm X; title: Transcending the nation : Toni Morrison's Paradise; title: Conclusion : Exodus and return in post-Katrina New Orleans.