The Art of the Black Essay

ISBN-13: 9780415935746 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 166 str.

Cheryl B. Butler; Chryle Butler;Butler Cheryl

Opis

The Art of the Black Essay unveils the power of the African American essay to bring about a meditative shift in the minds of readers, to catapult them beyond racial ideology - by immersing them in it - and to elicit in them, ultimately, democratic change. This title outlines the specific tools of the trade, literary techniques through which the democratization process works: the uncanny, meditative moment of transcendency. This title also describes a psychological journey experienced by the essayist him/herself. Essay writing or life-writing is the vehicle to release the pull of ideology - the root of the "hierarchy of race" idea. In this book, the author makes a clear distinction between race as biology and race as ideology in order to align race with the culture, values, traditions and art of a people. The Art of the Black Essay shows how African American essayists have transcended the pull of two cultural identities and achieved democratic change.

Spis treści

I. Introduction II. W.E.B. DuBois: Ideology and the Hybridity of Intentionality III. James Baldwin: Voice of Prophesy IV. Alice Walker: Beyond Race to Creation V. Casting Stones, Dodging Bullets: Stanley Crouch & the Black Essay VI. Super-literacy: Transcendence & Beyond

O autorze

Cheryl Butler