Writing America Black
Race Rhetoric and the Public Sphere

A study of the relationship between African American journalism and literature, first published in 1999.

C. K. Doreski (Author), Eric Sundquist (Edited by), Albert Gelpi (Edited by)

9780521564625, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 November 1998

330 pages
22.9 x 15 x 2 cm, 0.42 kg

"Doreski's fine study is highly recommended for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and specialists in African American and American studies." Choice

Writing America Black examines the African American press and selected literary works by black authors. By viewing the journalist's role as historian, reporter, taste-maker, and propagandist, C. K. Doreski reveals the close bond to a larger African American literary tradition. Rich in cultural and historical context, this valuable 1999 study will be of interest to readers of literature, history, African American studies, American studies, and journalism.

Part I. History, Citizenship and the American Way: 1. Race progress and exemplary biography
2. Reading riot
3. Rendezvous with modernism, fascism - and democracy
4. If I were a Negro
Part II. Decomposing Unities, Deconstructing National Narratives: 5. Reportage as redemption
6. Kinship as history
7. Nation-ness as consciousness
8. History as storytelling.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK]