African American autobiographers : a sourcebook /

Framing the cultural conflict between US blacks and whites as partly a clash between orality and literacy, Nelson (English, State U. of New York, Cortland) explains that autobiographical narrative surfaced as the primary genre of African Americans when black literacy emerged. This volume provides an...

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Other Authors: Nelson, Emmanuel S. (Emmanuel Sampath), 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, ©2002.
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