TY - BOOK AU - Jarrett,Gene Andrew ED - Project Muse. TI - Representing the race: a new political history of African American literature SN - 9780814743874 AV - PS153.N5 J398 2011 U1 - 810.9/896073 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - African Americans KW - Intellectual life KW - Politics and literature KW - United States KW - History and criticism KW - American literature KW - African American authors KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 211 - 248) and index; Introduction: Toward a political history of African American literature -- The politics of early African American literature -- The culture of racial politics after slavery -- New Negro politics from reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance -- The geopolitics of African American autobiography between the world wars -- Copyright law, free speech, and the transformative value of African American literature -- The political audacity of Barack Obama's literature -- Epilogue: The politics of African American literature after Obama UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814743874/ ER -