Blackness and the Color Black in 20th-Century African-American Fiction
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- ISBN 9783631619629
- Weight: 410g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 25 Nov 2011
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
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Nobody’s skin is really black or white. Yet both terms are constantly used to classify people. Whiteness studies have revealed that ‘white’ must be considered as an ideological label that defines superiority and privilege. Conversely, ‘black’ came to mark inferiority and discrimination. This study explores how African-Americans responded to Anglo-Saxon race theory by adopting the originally demeaning assignation ‘black’ and turning it into the ideology of ‘black’ self-empowerment and racial pride. The analyses of eighteen novels from the African-American literary canon which focus on the significance of the color ‘black’ and the concept of blackness strongly suggest the importance of blackness studies while providing a close (re)reading of major works of 20th-century ‘black’ fiction.
Barbara Haider studied American Studies, Cultural Anthropology and African Philology at the University in Mainz and received her MA in 2004. Between 2005 and 2011 she completed her PhD while working full time for the distribution department of a subscription agency.
