Chaotic Justice: Rethinking African American Literary History
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Chaotic Justice: Rethinking African American Literary History

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What is African American about African American literature? Why identify it as a distinct tradition? John Ernest contends that too often scholars have relied on na ve concepts of race, superficial conceptions of African American history, and the marginalization of important strains of black scholarship. With this book, he creates a new and just retelling of African America...more
Hardcover, 316 pages
Published November 15th 2009 by University of North Carolina Press
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Patrick
A great book from an outstanding race scholar - anyone studying nineteenth century American literature needs to read this.
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