Exodus politics
Patterson, Robert J., 1980-
Exodus politics civil rights and leadership in African American literature and culture / [electronic resource] : Robert J. Patterson. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?.
9780813935270 081393527x
Leadership in literature.
Civil rights in literature.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS153.N5 / P366 2013
810.9/896073
Exodus politics civil rights and leadership in African American literature and culture / [electronic resource] : Robert J. Patterson. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?.
9780813935270 081393527x
Leadership in literature.
Civil rights in literature.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS153.N5 / P366 2013
810.9/896073