Explores how African American literature in the late 19th century represents class divisions among black Americans. By portraying complex, highly stratified communities with a growing black middle class, authors dispelled popular notions that black Americans were uniformly poor or uncivilized. But even as the writers highlighted middle-class achievement, they worried over whether class distinctions would help or sabotage collective black protest against racial prejudice.
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ISBN | 9780472118618 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | Fester Einband |
Verlag | The University of Michigan Press |
Jahr | 20130130 |
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