Title: Blackness and value
First published: November 13, 1998
Description: "Blackness and Value investigates the principles by which "value" operates and asks whether it is useful to imagine that the concepts of racial blackness and whiteness in the United States operate in terms of these principles." "The book traces several interrelations between value and race, such as literate/illiterate, the signing/singing voice, time/space, civic/criminal, and academy/street, and offers relevant and fresh readings of two novels by Ann Petry. Whereas commonly approaches to race and value are examined historically or sociologically, this intriguing study provides a new critical approach that speaks to theorists of race as well as gender and queer studies."--Jacket.
Subjects: African American authors, African Americans, African Americans in literature, Afro-American authors, Afro-Americans in literature, American literature, Duality (Logic), History, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Literature and society, Political and social views, Race, Race in literature, Race relations, Racism, Social aspects, Social aspects of Race, Social aspects of Violence, Social values, Theory, Violence, Violence in literature, Violence dans la littérature, Gewalt, Literatursoziologie, Noirs américains, Critique et interprétation, Literatur, Dans la littérature, Littérature et société, Dualismus, Auteurs noirs américains, Littérature américaine, American literature, history and criticism, American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, United states, race relations, Histoire, Vie intellectuelle, Aspect social, Noirs américains dans la littérature, Relations raciales, Valeurs sociales, Racisme, Race dans la littérature, Dualité (Logique), LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General
Places: United States
People: Ann Lane Petry (1911-), Ann Petry (1908-)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS153.N5 B296 1999