The ideologies of African American literature
Subtitle: from the Harlem Renaissance to the Black nationalist revolt : a sociology of literature perspective
By: Robert E. Washington.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.; African Americans -- Politics and government.; African Americans in literature.; Black nationalism in literature.; Harlem renaissance.; Black nationalism.
Description: Washington theorizes that black American social discourse was transmitted to a curious white American public through literature, as a means of bridging the racial caste system. He studies the cultural and sociological effects of representative African American literature in the twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-347) and index.