Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War intellectual culture
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Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War intellectual culture
(Language, discourse, society)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-194) and index
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Description
While the arms race of the post-war period has been widely discussed, Purcell explores the under-acknowledged but critical role another kind of 'race' - that is, race as a biological and sociological concept - played within the global and cultural Cold War.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction: From Popular Fronts to Liberal Conspiracies 1. Figura of a Negro Problem 2. Ellison from the Heart of Europe 3. 1965 and the Battle Over Who Speaks for the Negro 4. An Integrative Vernacular 5. Ellison, Obama and Post-Race Politics in the 21st Century Notes Bibliography Index
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