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Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War Intellectual Culture R. Purcell

Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War Intellectual Culture By R. Purcell

Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War Intellectual Culture by R. Purcell

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While the arms race of the post-war period has been widely discussed, Purcell explores the under-acknowledged but critical role another kind of 'race' – that is, race as a biological and sociological concept – played within the global and cultural Cold War.

Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War Intellectual Culture Summary

Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War Intellectual Culture by R. Purcell

While the arms race of the post-war period has been widely discussed, Purcell explores the under-acknowledged but critical role another kind of 'race' – that is, race as a biological and sociological concept – played within the global and cultural Cold War.

About R. Purcell

Richard Purcell is Associate Professor in the Literary and Cultural Studies Program at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. His field of study is twentieth century and twenty-first century American literature, literary criticism and critical theory. He has secondary interests in African-American literature, Film Studies and Cold War Studies.
 
 
 
 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: From Popular Fronts to Liberal Conspiracies 1. Figura of a Negro Problem 2. Ellison from the Heart of Europe 3. 1965 and the Battle Over Who Speaks for the Negro 4. An Integrative Vernacular 5. Ellison, Obama and Post-Race Politics in the 21st Century Notes Bibliography Index

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NPB9780230321434
9780230321434
0230321437
Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War Intellectual Culture by R. Purcell
R. Purcell
Language, Discourse, Society
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2013-10-31
200
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