Racist Traces and Other Writing: European Pedigrees/ African Contagions by Colin

Description: Racist Traces and Other Writing by Colin MacCabe, K. Keeling, C. West This volume is a selection of essays and short stories by the influential critic of German and American literature and popular culture, James A. Snead. The volume contains essays and notes about African American popular culture, literary criticism and five pieces of short fiction. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This volume is a selection of significant and previously unpublished essays and short stories by the influential critic of German and American literature and popular culture, James A. Snead. The volume contains innovative essays and notes about African American popular culture, literary criticism and five pieces of short fiction. Published posthumously, the volume attests to Sneads unique intellectual commitment to a critical engagement with the interconnections between European and African American cultural formations. Notes James Snead wrote "Figures of Division: William Faulkners Major Novels" and "White Screens, Black Images: Hollywood from the Dark Side. (He died in 1989). Author Biography JAMES SNEAD was Assistant Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of Figures of Division: William Faulkners Major Novels and White Screens, Black Images: Hollywood from the Dark Side. He died in 1989. - KARA KEELING is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. - COLIN MacCABE is a Professor of English at Exeter University and at the University of Edinburgh. - CORNEL WEST is Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Table of Contents Preface by Colin MacCabe Acknowledgements Permissions Editors Note Introduction PART I: ESSAYS On Repetition in Black Culture Litotes and Chiasmus: Cloaking Tropes in Absalom Absalom! Misreading Race in Benito Cereno : The Silence of Babo The Vision of Desire in Death in Venice The Black Image in American Film MTV and Its Audiences: Global Utopias? On Basketball European Pedigrees/ African Contagions: Nationality, Narrative and Communality in Tutuola, Achebe and Reed Racist Traces in Postmodernist Theory and Literature PART II: FICTION Colossus The White Cafe Fundamentals Egyptian Trains Always Come The Disappearance of Queen Nofret Index Review This long awaited book is a gem - yet still a small part of the huge corpus of the life of James Snead. He stands among the most important American intellectuals in the late 20th Century. - Cornel West, Professor of Afro-American Studies, Princeton, USA Promotional James Snead wrote "Figures of Division: William Faulkners Major Novels" and "White Screens, Black Images: Hollywood from the Dark Side. (He died in 1989). Review Quote This long awaited book is a gem - yet still a small part of the huge corpus of the life of James Snead. He stands among the most important American intellectuals in the late 20th Century. - Cornel West, Professor of Afro-American Studies, Princeton, USA Description for Bookstore This volume is a selection of significant and previously unpublished essays and short stories by the influential critic of German and American literature and popular culture, James A. Snead. The volume contains innovative essays and notes about African American popular culture, literary criticism and five pieces of short fiction. Published posthumously, the volume attests to Sneads unique intellectual commitment to a critical engagement with the interconnections between European and African American cultural formations. Details ISBN1403911835 Pages 256 Series Language, Discourse, Society Language English ISBN-10 1403911835 ISBN-13 9781403911834 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2003 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication Gordonsville Country of Publication United States Short Title RACIST TRACES & OTHER WRITING Birth 1953 Edition 2003rd Subtitle European Pedigrees/ African Contagions DOI 10.1604/9781403911834 UK Release Date 2003-03-18 AU Release Date 2003-03-18 NZ Release Date 2003-03-18 US Release Date 2003-03-18 Illustrations 256 p. Author C. West Publisher Palgrave USA Edition Description 2003 ed. Publication Date 2003-03-18 Alternative 9781349724062 Edited by C. West DEWEY 809 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96920239;

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