Jim Crow Wisdom

Memory and Identity in Black America since 1940

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies
Cover of the book Jim Crow Wisdom by Jonathan Scott Holloway, The University of North Carolina Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jonathan Scott Holloway ISBN: 9781469610719
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: October 15, 2013
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Jonathan Scott Holloway
ISBN: 9781469610719
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: October 15, 2013
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

How do we balance the desire for tales of exceptional accomplishment with the need for painful doses of reality? How hard do we work to remember our past or to forget it? These are some of the questions that Jonathan Scott Holloway addresses in this exploration of race memory from the dawn of the modern civil rights era to the present. Relying on social science, documentary film, dance, popular literature, museums, memoir, and the tourism trade, Holloway explores the stories black Americans have told about their past and why these stories are vital to understanding a modern black identity. In the process, Holloway asks much larger questions about the value of history and facts when memories do violence to both.
Making discoveries about his own past while researching this book, Holloway weaves first-person and family memories into the traditional third-person historian's perspective. The result is a highly readable, rich, and deeply personal narrative that will be familiar to some, shocking to others, and thought-provoking to everyone.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

How do we balance the desire for tales of exceptional accomplishment with the need for painful doses of reality? How hard do we work to remember our past or to forget it? These are some of the questions that Jonathan Scott Holloway addresses in this exploration of race memory from the dawn of the modern civil rights era to the present. Relying on social science, documentary film, dance, popular literature, museums, memoir, and the tourism trade, Holloway explores the stories black Americans have told about their past and why these stories are vital to understanding a modern black identity. In the process, Holloway asks much larger questions about the value of history and facts when memories do violence to both.
Making discoveries about his own past while researching this book, Holloway weaves first-person and family memories into the traditional third-person historian's perspective. The result is a highly readable, rich, and deeply personal narrative that will be familiar to some, shocking to others, and thought-provoking to everyone.

More books from The University of North Carolina Press

Cover of the book Native and National in Brazil by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book The Press Gang by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book Holy Smoke by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book John Brown Still Lives! by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book Fresh Wounds by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book Policing the Poor in Eighteenth-Century France by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book Cuban Revolution in America by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book Journey of Hope by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book Journal of the Civil War Era by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book Mobilizing Bolivia's Displaced by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book The Marines of Montford Point by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book Dispute and Conflict Resolution in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1725-1825 by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book Before Eminent Domain by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book Sovereign Entrepreneurs by Jonathan Scott Holloway
Cover of the book Building a Latino Civil Rights Movement by Jonathan Scott Holloway
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy