Visualizing Blackness and the Creation of the African American Literary Tradition
Author:   Lena Hill (University of Iowa)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Volume:   167
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9781316639276


Pages:   294
Publication Date:   02 November 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Visualizing Blackness and the Creation of the African American Literary Tradition


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Author:   Lena Hill (University of Iowa)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Volume:   167
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9781316639276


ISBN 10:   1316639274
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   02 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Introduction: the trope of the picture book; Part I. Sights of Instruction: 1. Witnessing moral authority in pre-abolition literature; 2. Picturing education and labor in Washington and Du Bois; 3. Gazing upon plastic art in the Harlem Renaissance; Part II. Lessons from the Museum: 4. Zora Neale Hurston: seeing by the rules of the Natural History Museum; 5. Melvin Tolson: gaining modernist perspective in the art gallery; 6. Ralph Ellison: engaging racial perception beyond museum walls; Coda: redefining the look of American character.

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Lena Hill is Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Iowa. She is the co-author of Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man': A Reference Guide (2008). Her work has been published in journals such as American Literature and African American Review. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University, Connecticut.

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