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The blackademic life : academic fiction, higher education, and the black intellectual /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Porter, Lavelle (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
African American college teachers in literature.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
College stories, American > History and criticism.
Universities and colleges in literature.
Education, Higher, in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.