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The blackademic life : academic fiction, higher education, and the black intellectual
- Title
- The blackademic life : academic fiction, higher education, and the black intellectual / Lavelle Porter.
- Author
- Porter, Lavelle
- Publication
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- x, 201 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book critically examines academic fictions produced by black writers. Porter evaluates academic literature as a space for black writers to produce counternarratives that celebrate the potentials of black intelligence and argue for the importance of black higher education, particularly in the humanistic tradition. Beginning from an examination of W. E. B. Dubois's creative writing as the source of the first black academic novels, Porter looks at the fictional representations of black intellectual life and the expectations that are placed on them to be racial representatives and spokespersons, whether or not they ever intended to be. The final chapter examines blackademics on stage and screen, including the 2014 academic film "Dear White People" and the law professor Viola Davis on the TV show "How to Get Away with Murder"."--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- College stories, American
- American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism
- Education, Higher, in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Black author
- 1900-2099
- Universities and colleges in literature
- American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
- American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- College stories, American > History and criticism
- African American college teachers in literature
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Blackademic lives matter -- The overeducation of the Negro: on reading black academic fiction -- Educating and uplifting the race, 1876-1919 -- The new Negro, 1919-1954 -- Integration and nationalism, 1954-1980 -- Culture wars and capitalism, 1980-present -- Conclusion: Blackademics on-screen.
- Call Number
- Sc E 20-452
- ISBN
- 9780810140998
- 0810140993
- 9780810141001
- 0810141000
- 0810141019
- 9780810141018
- 9780810141018 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019018288
- OCLC
- 1128969973
- Author
- Porter, Lavelle, author.
- Title
- The blackademic life : academic fiction, higher education, and the black intellectual / Lavelle Porter.
- Publisher
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Creator/Contributor Characteristics
- Occupation/field of activity group: University and college faculty members
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-2099
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 20-452