The Real Negro
The Question of Authenticity in Twentieth-Century African American Literature
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Black, American
| Author: | Shelly Eversley | ISBN: | 9781135883348 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | March 29, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Shelly Eversley |
| ISBN: | 9781135883348 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | March 29, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
In this book, Shelly Eversley historicizes the demand for racial authenticity - what Zora Neale Hurston called 'the real Negro' - in twentieth-century American literature. Eversley argues that the modern emergence of the interest in 'the real Negro' transforms the question of what race an author belongs into a question of what it takes to belong to
In this book, Shelly Eversley historicizes the demand for racial authenticity - what Zora Neale Hurston called 'the real Negro' - in twentieth-century American literature. Eversley argues that the modern emergence of the interest in 'the real Negro' transforms the question of what race an author belongs into a question of what it takes to belong to
