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OverviewBody politics have played a decisive role in American literature, especially in the work of African Americans, whose sensitivity to the tradition of misrepresenting black bodies in American culture has left indelible traces. InAmerican Body Politics Felipe Smith tracks the emergence of particular gender images in association with specific social, political, and economic pressures and explores the impact of interrelated discourses on race, gender, and nation upon the development of African American literature from the turn of the century to the early modern period. Smith focuses on gender images such as the white witch, black madonna, mammy, and white lady and examines the broad utility of body images in the discourse of black national belonging. In response to literary criticism that brackets the politics of representation under the phrase ""extra-literary concerns,"" Smith articulates a theoretical approach that investigates the ""extraliterary"" as the source of some of the most powerful and enduring figurative and mythical constructs in the black writing tradition. American Body Politics is a remarkable synthesis of historical readings combined with a highly original contribution to the comprehension of racial thought and literary writing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Felipe SmithPublisher: University of Georgia Press Imprint: University of Georgia Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.817kg ISBN: 9780820319339ISBN 10: 0820319333 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 28 February 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsA well realized book. Grounding his argument in a detailed description of the contexts influencing turn of the century African American literature, Felipe Smith demonstrates quite clearly how particular gender images emerge in association with specific social, political, and economic pressures. --Craig H. Werner, author of Playing the Changes: From Afro-Modernism to the Jazz Impulse An ambitious and thorough examination of race politics and society as reflected in African American literature.--Negro History Bulletin An ambitious and thorough examination of race politics and society as reflected in African American literature. -- Negro History Bulletin A well realized book. Grounding his argument in a detailed description of the contexts influencing turn of the century African American literature, Felipe Smith demonstrates quite clearly how particular gender images emerge in association with specific social, political, and economic pressures. --Craig H. Werner, author of Playing the Changes: From Afro-Modernism to the Jazz Impulse An ambitious and thorough examination of race politics and society as reflected in African American literature.--Negro History Bulletin A well realized book. Grounding his argument in a detailed description of the contexts influencing turn of the century African American literature, Felipe Smith demonstrates quite clearly how particular gender images emerge in association with specific social, political, and economic pressures.--Craig H. Werner author of Playing the Changes: From Afro-Modernism to the Jazz Impulse An ambitious and thorough examination of race politics and society as reflected in African American literature.-- Negro History Bulletin A well realized book. Grounding his argument in a detailed description of the contexts influencing turn of the century African American literature, Felipe Smith demonstrates quite clearly how particular gender images emerge in association with specific social, political, and economic pressures.--Craig H. Werner author of Playing the Changes: From Afro-Modernism to the Jazz Impulse Author InformationFELIPE SMITH is an associate professor of English at Tulane University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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