Items related to Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the "Racial"...
For over two centuries, critics and the black community have tended to approach African-American literature as simply one more front in the important war against racism, valuing slave narratives and twentieth-century works alike, primarily for their political impact.
In this volume, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a leading scholar in African-American studies, attacks the notion of African-American literature as a kind of social realism. Insisting, instead, that critics focus on the most repressed element of African-American criticism--the language of the text--Gates advocates the use of a close, methodical analysis of language, made possible by modern literary theory. Throughout his study, Gates incorporates the theoretical insights of critics such as Bakhtin, Foucault, Lacan, Derrida, and Bloom, as he examines the modes of representation that define black art and analyzes the unspoken assumptions made in judging this literature since its inception.
Ranging from the eighteenth-century poet, Phillis Wheatley, to modern writers, Ishmael Reed and Alice Walker, Gates seeks to redefine literary criticism itself, moving away from a Eurocentric notion of a hierarchical canon--mostly white, Western, and male--to foster a truly comparative and pluralistic notion of literature.
In this volume, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a leading scholar in African-American studies, attacks the notion of African-American literature as a kind of social realism. Insisting, instead, that critics focus on the most repressed element of African-American criticism--the language of the text--Gates advocates the use of a close, methodical analysis of language, made possible by modern literary theory. Throughout his study, Gates incorporates the theoretical insights of critics such as Bakhtin, Foucault, Lacan, Derrida, and Bloom, as he examines the modes of representation that define black art and analyzes the unspoken assumptions made in judging this literature since its inception.
Ranging from the eighteenth-century poet, Phillis Wheatley, to modern writers, Ishmael Reed and Alice Walker, Gates seeks to redefine literary criticism itself, moving away from a Eurocentric notion of a hierarchical canon--mostly white, Western, and male--to foster a truly comparative and pluralistic notion of literature.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Back Cover:
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is Chairman of the Department of Afro-American Studies and W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He is the author of The Signifying Monkey, Loose Canons, and Colored People; general editor of The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers; and general editor of The W.E.B. Du Bois Institute series.
This insightful book, written by a leading scholar in African-American studies, attacks the notion of African-American literature as a kind of social realism. Insisting, instead, that critics focus on the most repressed element of African-American criticism- the language of the text--Henry Louis Gates, Jr. advocates the use of a close, methodical analysis of language, made possible by modern literary theory.
About the Author:
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is Chairman of the Department of Afro-American Studies and W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He is the author of The Signifying Monkey, Loose Canons, and Colored People; general editor of The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers; and general editor of The W.E.B. Du Bois Institute series.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0195060741
- ISBN 13 9780195060744
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 21.95
Shipping:
US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Figures in Black : Words, Signs and the "Racial" Self
Published by
Oxford University Press
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0195060741
ISBN 13: 9780195060744
New
Softcover
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 73351-n
Buy New
US$ 21.95
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the "Racial" Self
Published by
Oxford University Press
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0195060741
ISBN 13: 9780195060744
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0195060741
Buy New
US$ 21.53
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures in Black Words, Signs, and the Racial Self
Published by
Oxford University Press, USA
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0195060741
ISBN 13: 9780195060744
New
PAP
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L0-9780195060744
Buy New
US$ 26.61
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the "Racial" Self
Published by
Oxford University Press
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0195060741
ISBN 13: 9780195060744
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0195060741
Buy New
US$ 26.77
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures in Black: Words; Signs; and the Racial Self
Published by
Oxford University Press
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0195060741
ISBN 13: 9780195060744
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book. Seller Inventory # ria9780195060744_lsuk
Buy New
US$ 23.50
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the `Racial' Self
Published by
Oxford University Press Inc
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0195060741
ISBN 13: 9780195060744
New
Paperback / softback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Seller Inventory # C9780195060744
Buy New
US$ 26.03
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the Racial Self
Published by
Oxford University Press 1989-11
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0195060741
ISBN 13: 9780195060744
New
PF
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description PF. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 6666-IUK-9780195060744
Buy New
US$ 19.86
Convert currency
Seller Image
Figures in Black : Words, Signs and the "Racial" Self
Published by
Oxford University Press
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0195060741
ISBN 13: 9780195060744
New
Softcover
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 73351-n
Buy New
US$ 23.10
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the "Racial" Self
Published by
Oxford University Press
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0195060741
ISBN 13: 9780195060744
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0195060741
Buy New
US$ 39.63
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the "Racial" Self
Published by
Oxford University Press
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0195060741
ISBN 13: 9780195060744
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0195060741
Buy New
US$ 40.39
Convert currency