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Exodus politics civil rights and leadership in African American literature and culture

Title
Exodus politics [electronic resource] : civil rights and leadership in African American literature and culture / Robert J. Patterson.
Author
Patterson, Robert J., 1980-
Publication
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages)
Uniform Title
Exodus politics (Online)
Alternative Title
Exodus politics (Online)
Subject
  • American literature > African American authors > History and criticism
  • Civil rights in literature
  • Leadership in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-193) and index.
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Contents
Introduction: Gendered contexts: civil rights, leadership, exodus politics, and African American literature -- Is he the one?: the politics of gender and gender politics: civil rights activism and leadership in Ernest Gaines' The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman -- The refusal of Christ to accept crucifixion: bridge leadership refutes the paradoxes of exodus politics in Alice Walker's Meridian -- The important thing is making generations: reconsidering reproduction and blues performances as forms of civil rights leadership in Gayl Jones' Corregidora -- We all killed him the limits of (formal) leadership and civil rights legislation in Charles Johnson's Dreamer -- Epilogue: Is there life after exodus politics?.
LCCN
2013011900
OCLC
ssj0001000105
Author
Patterson, Robert J., 1980-
Title
Exodus politics [electronic resource] : civil rights and leadership in African American literature and culture / Robert J. Patterson.
Imprint
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-193) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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