A biography of Native Son’s Bigger Thomas that examines his continued relevance in the debates over Black men and the violence of racism
Trudier Harris Volgorde van de boeken
Trudier Harris is een literatuurhistorica wiens werk zich verdiept in een diepgaand begrip en kritische analyse van de Afro-Amerikaanse literatuur. Haar schrijven onderzoekt de complexe sociale en culturele kwesties die de Afro-Amerikaanse ervaring en de literaire uitingen daarvan hebben gevormd. Door haar onderzoek en publicaties draagt Harris bij aan het verrijken van ons begrip van het rijke en diverse landschap van de Afro-Amerikaanse literaire traditie. Haar kritische blik biedt waardevolle inzichten in thema's als ras, identiteit en verzet binnen de Amerikaanse samenleving.
- 2024
- 2023
From Mammies to Militants. Domestics in Black American Literature
- 203bladzijden
- 8 uur lezen
Written by Professor Trudier Harris who explores the differences between Northern and Southern maids and between "mammy" and "militant." She touches on nearly all Black American writers of the twentieth century, but gives extended discussion of works by Charles Chesnutt, Kristin Hunter, Toni Morrison, Richard Wright, Ann Petry, William Melin Kelley, Alice Childresss, John A. Williams, Douglas Turner Ward, Barbara Woods, Ted Shine, and Ed Bullins.
- 2023
Martin Luther King Jr., Heroism, and African American Literature
- 200bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
Examines how representations of Martin Luther King Jr's character and persona in works of African American literature have evolved and reflect the changing values and mores of African American culture.
- 2023
Focuses on the issue of stereotypes of Black women
- 2021
This book studies fictional homespaces in African American literature from those set in the time of slavery to modern urban configurations of the homespace. The author examines the factors that influence homespaces in African American literature and analyzes why African American writers often portray troubling and dysfunctional homespaces.