Exodus Politics: Civil Rights and Leadership in African American Literature and Culture - Couverture souple

Patterson, Robert J.

 
9780813935263: Exodus Politics: Civil Rights and Leadership in African American Literature and Culture
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0813935261 ISBN 13 : 9780813935263
Editeur : University of Virginia Press, 2013

Synopsis

Using the term "exodus politics" to theorize the valorization of black male leadership in the movement for civil rights, Robert J. Patterson explores the ways in which the political strategies and ideologies of this movement paradoxically undermined the collective enfranchisement of black people. He argues that by narrowly conceptualizing civil rights in only racial terms and relying solely on a male figure, conventional African American leadership, though frequently redemptive, can also erode the very goals of civil rights.

The author turns to contemporary African American writers such as Ernest Gaines, Gayl Jones, Alice Walker, and Charles Johnson to show how they challenge the dominant models of civil rights leadership.

He draws on a variety of disciplines--including black feminism, civil rights history, cultural studies, and liberation theology--in order to develop a more nuanced formulation of black subjectivity and politics.

Patterson's connection of the concept of racial rights to gender and sexual rights allows him to illuminate the literature's promotion of more expansive models. By considering the competing and varied political interests of black communities, these writers reimagine the dominant models in a way that can empower communities to be self-sustaining in the absence of a messianic male leader.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robert J. Patterson is Associate Professor of English and Director of the African American Studies Program at Georgetown University.

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Éditeur
University of Virginia Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813935261
ISBN 13 
9780813935263
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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9780813935256: Exodus Politics: Civil Rights and Leadership in African American Literature and Culture

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ISBN 10 :  0813935253 ISBN 13 :  9780813935256
Editeur : University of Virginia Press, 2013
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