Description The Political value of African American Literature has long been a topic of great debate among American writers, both black and white, from Thomas Jefferson to Barack Obama.
Jarrett examines texts of every sort--pamphlets, autobiographies, cultural criticism, poe.
In his compelling new book, Representing the Race , Gene Andrew Jarrett traces the genealogy of this topic in order to develop an innovative Political History of African American literature.
Description The Political value of African American Literature has long been a topic of great debate among American writers, both black and white, from Thomas Jefferson to Barack Obama