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Ishmael Reed And The New Black Aesthetic Critics

Author : Reginald Martin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1988-03-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349191666

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The Satire of Ishmael Reed

Author : Jiří Šalamoun
Publisher : Masarykova univerzita
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9788021093676

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The Satire of Ishmael Reed by Jiří Šalamoun Pdf

Tato kniha se zaměřuje na tvorbu afroamerického spisovatele Ishmaela Reeda a sleduje, jak se napříč jeho padesátiletou románovou tvorbou proměňuje způsob, jímž autor uplatňuje satiru. Přestože je každý Reedův román originálním knižním počinem, v uplatnění satiry lze najít jisté pravidelnosti a vývojové tendence. Zatímco v Reedově rané satiře převládá společenská kritika založená na zobrazení nestandardní sexuality, v jeho současnější satiře (čímž je označována autorova románová tvorba od roku 1993 dále) dominuje společenská kritika založená na argumentaci. Uvedené mody satiry jsou v knize dále propojeny se dvěma druhy amerického rasismu, s rasismem zjevným a skrytým. Kniha dokládá, že spolu s tím, jak se zjevný rasismus stal v americkém společenském diskurzu nepřípustným a byl nahrazen rasismem skrytým, aktualizoval Ishmael Reed svoji satiru, aby i nadále zůstala efektivním modem společenské kritiky. Kniha je určena pro čtenáře z řad odborné i širší veřejnosti, kteří mají zájem o tvorbu Ishmaela Reeda i afroamerickou literaturu obecně. Inspirativní může být i pro ty, jež se zajímají o žánr satiry a její vývoj.

Archival Reflections

Author : Santiago Juan-Navarro
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0838754279

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Archival Reflections by Santiago Juan-Navarro Pdf

"Due to its scope and perspective this work has a relevance that extends far beyond the conventional bounds of literary studies. Concerned as it is with issues of historical understanding, culture, and politics, it has implications for the literary histories of Spanish America and the United States, as well as for the fields of inter-American and cultural studies, literary theory, and historiography."--BOOK JACKET.

The African Diaspora

Author : Isidore Okpewho,Carole Boyce Davies,Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0253214947

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The African Diaspora by Isidore Okpewho,Carole Boyce Davies,Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui Pdf

"This book examines the character of New World black cultures and their relationships with the plural societies within which they function. This volume seeks a balanced look at the fate of the African presence in Western society as well as insights into the sources of periodic conflict between blacks and others."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

African American Humor, Irony and Satire

Author : Dana A. Williams
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443806565

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African American Humor, Irony and Satire by Dana A. Williams Pdf

African American Humor, Irony, and Satire: Ishmael Reed, Satirically Speaking includes select proceedings from the annual Heart’s Day Conference, sponsored by the Department of English at Howard University. Among the collection’s many strengths is the range of essays included here. Essays on Ishmael Reed center the collection, and satirists from George Schuyler to Aaron McGruder are examined as are popular culture comedians Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle. Thus, the collection adds broadly to the body of scholarship on traditional and non-traditional interpretations of humor, irony, and satire. What these essays also reveal is how the lens of humor, irony, and satire as a way of reading texts is especially useful in highlighting the complexity of African American life and culture. The essays also uncover crucial but no so obvious connections between African Americans and other world cultures.

With Fists Raised

Author : Tru Leverette
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781800857926

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With Fists Raised by Tru Leverette Pdf

There are deep black nationalist roots for many of the images and ideologies of contemporary racial justice efforts. This collection reconsiders the Black Aesthetic and the revolutionary art of the Black Arts Movement (BAM), forging connections between the recent past and contemporary social justice activism. Focusing on black literary and visual art of the Black Arts Movement, this collection highlights artists whose work diverged from narrow definitions of the Black Aesthetic and black nationalism. Adding to the reanimation of discourses surrounding BAM, this collection comes at a time when today’s racial justice efforts are mining earlier eras for their iconography, ideology, and implementation. As numerous contemporary activists ground their work in the legacies of mid-twentieth century activism and adopt many of the grassroots techniques it fostered, this collection remembers and re-envisions the art that both supported and shaped that earlier era. It furthers contemporary conversations by exploring BAM’s implications for cultural and literary studies and its legacy for current social justice work and the multiple arts that support it.

A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction

Author : David Seed
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444310119

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A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction by David Seed Pdf

Through a wide-ranging series of essays and relevant readings, A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction presents an overview of American fiction published since the conclusion of the First World War. Features a wide-ranging series of essays by American, British, and European specialists in a variety of literary fields Written in an approachable and accessible style Covers both classic literary figures and contemporary novelists Provides extensive suggestions for further reading at the end of each essay

Literature Against Criticism

Author : Martin Paul Eve
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781783742769

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Literature Against Criticism by Martin Paul Eve Pdf

This is a book about the power game currently being played out between two symbiotic cultural institutions: the university and the novel. As the number of hyper-knowledgeable literary fans grows, students and researchers in English departments waver between dismissing and harnessing voices outside the academy. Meanwhile, the role that the university plays in contemporary literary fiction is becoming increasingly complex and metafictional, moving far beyond the ‘campus novel’ of the mid-twentieth century. Martin Paul Eve’s engaging and far-reaching study explores the novel's contribution to the ongoing displacement of cultural authority away from university English. Spanning the works of Jennifer Egan, Ishmael Reed, Tom McCarthy, Sarah Waters, Percival Everett, Roberto Bolaño and many others, Literature Against Criticism forces us to re-think our previous notions about the relationship between those who write literary fiction and those who critique it.

Amiri Baraka

Author : Jerry Watts
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780814793732

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Amiri Baraka by Jerry Watts Pdf

In a chapter sure to prove controversial, Watts links Baraka's famous misogyny to an attempt to bury his own homosexual past."--BOOK JACKET.

Icons of Black America [3 volumes]

Author : Matthew Whitaker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1201 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313376436

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Icons of Black America [3 volumes] by Matthew Whitaker Pdf

This stunning collection of essays illuminates the lives and legacies of the most famous and powerful individuals, groups, and institutions in African American history. The three-volume Icons of Black America: Breaking Barriers and Crossing Boundaries is an exhaustive treatment of 100 African American people, groups, and organizations, viewed from a variety of perspectives. The alphabetically arranged entries illuminate the history of highly successful and influential individuals who have transcended mere celebrity to become representatives of their time. It offers analysis and perspective on some of the most influential black people, organizations, and institutions in American history, from the late 19th century to the present. Each chapter is a detailed exploration of the life and legacy of an individual icon. Through these portraits, readers will discover how these icons have shaped, and been shaped by, the dynamism of American culture, as well as the extent to which modern mass media and popular culture have contributed to the rise, and sometimes fall, of these powerful symbols of individual and group excellence.

Loosening the Seams

Author : A. Robert Lee
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0879728027

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Loosening the Seams by A. Robert Lee Pdf

Native America can look to few more inventive contemporary writers than Gerald Vizenor. This work discusses his childhood in the Minneapolis of the Depression and World War II to his becoming a professor of Native American Studies at the University of Berkeley.

Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context [4 volumes]

Author : Linda De Roche
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 2067 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9798216157984

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Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context [4 volumes] by Linda De Roche Pdf

This four-volume reference work surveys American literature from the early 20th century to the present day, featuring a diverse range of American works and authors and an expansive selection of primary source materials. Bringing useful and engaging material into the classroom, this four-volume set covers more than a century of American literary history—from 1900 to the present. Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context profiles authors and their works and provides overviews of literary movements and genres through which readers will understand the historical, cultural, and political contexts that have shaped American writing. Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context provides wide coverage of authors, works, genres, and movements that are emblematic of the diversity of modern America. Not only are major literary movements represented, such as the Beats, but this work also highlights the emergence and development of modern Native American literature, African American literature, and other representative groups that showcase the diversity of American letters. A rich selection of primary documents and background material provides indispensable information for student research.

American Multiculturalism in Context

Author : Sämi Ludwig
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443874823

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American Multiculturalism in Context by Sämi Ludwig Pdf

In March 2015, a group of experts from four continents and a wide range of disciplines met with the leading African American writer Ishmael Reed in Mulhouse, France, and Basel, Switzerland. Guided by Swiss cultural and literary theorist Sämi Ludwig, and deliberately migrating back and forth across a political border in the heart of Europe, they not only listened to Reed and discussed his work, but also looked more widely at the different meanings assigned to “multiculturalism” in the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world. This volume brings together their reflections.

The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction

Author : Darryl Dickson-Carr
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231124720

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The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction by Darryl Dickson-Carr Pdf

In both the literal and metaphorical senses, it seemed as if 1970s America was running out of gas. The decade not only witnessed long lines at gas stations but a citizenry that had grown weary and disillusioned. High unemployment, runaway inflation, and the energy crisis, caused in part by U.S. dependence on Arab oil, characterized an increasingly bleak economic situation. As Edward D. Berkowitz demonstrates, the end of the postwar economic boom, Watergate, and defeat in Vietnam led to an unraveling of the national consensus. During the decade, ideas about the United States, how it should be governed, and how its economy should be managed changed dramatically. Berkowitz argues that the postwar faith in sweeping social programs and a global U.S. mission was replaced by a more skeptical attitude about government's ability to positively affect society. From Woody Allen to Watergate, from the decline of the steel industry to the rise of Bill Gates, and from Saturday Night Fever to the Sunday morning fervor of evangelical preachers, Berkowitz captures the history, tone, and spirit of the seventies. He explores the decade's major political events and movements, including the rise and fall of détente, congressional reform, changes in healthcare policies, and the hostage crisis in Iran. The seventies also gave birth to several social movements and the "rights revolution," in which women, gays and lesbians, and people with disabilities all successfully fought for greater legal and social recognition. At the same time, reaction to these social movements as well as the issue of abortion introduced a new facet into American political life-the rise of powerful, politically conservative religious organizations and activists. Berkowitz also considers important shifts in American popular culture, recounting the creative renaissance in American film as well as the birth of the Hollywood blockbuster. He discusses how television programs such as All in the Family and Charlie's Angels offered Americans both a reflection of and an escape from the problems gripping the country.

Aesthetics in a Multicultural Age

Author : Emory Elliott,Louis Freitas Caton,Jeffrey Rhyne
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Aesthetics, American
ISBN : 9780195146325

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Aesthetics in a Multicultural Age by Emory Elliott,Louis Freitas Caton,Jeffrey Rhyne Pdf

Papers from conference titled "Aesthetics and Difference," held October 22-24, 1998 by the Center for Ideas and Society at the University of California, Riverside.