In a segregated society in which black scholars, writers, and artists could find few ways to reach an audience, journalism was a means of dispersing information to communities throughout the United States. The black press has offered incisive critiques of such issues as racism, identify, class, and economic injustice, but that contribution to public discourse has remained largely unrecognized until now. The original essays in this volume broaden our understanding of the "public sphere" and show how marginalized voices attempted to be heard in the circles of debate and dissent that existed in...
In a segregated society in which black scholars, writers, and artists could find few ways to reach an audience, journalism was a means of dispersing i...
What did it mean for people of color in nineteenth-century America to speak or write "white"? More specifically, how many and what kinds of meaning could such "white" writing carry? In "ReWriting White," Todd Vogel looks at how America has racialized language and aesthetic achievement. To make his point, he showcases the surprisingly complex interactions between four nineteenth-century writers of color and the "standard white English" they adapted for their own moral, political, and social ends. The African American, Native American, and Chinese American writers Vogel discusses delivered...
What did it mean for people of color in nineteenth-century America to speak or write "white"? More specifically, how many and what kinds of meaning...
