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Published on: 2007-07-18
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This stimulating study of black literature of the 1960s is an analysis of a period of American history through the literary art it produced. In Connecting Times Norman Harris focuses on how Afro-Americans involved in the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Power movement, or the Vietnam War either failed or achieved in making sense of their lives when the goals they struggled for were not accomplished. In seven novels whose plot and characterization are determined by one or more of these major historical events ― Meridian, Look What They Done to My Song, The Cotillion or One Good Bull is Half the Herd, The Last Days of Louisiana Red, Captain Blackman, Coming Home, and Tragic Magic ― Harris finds the basis for his interpretations, and he finds the place of these novels likewise in the context of historical writings of the 1960s. Central to Harris’s analysis of history through literature is the idea of the quest myth that permeates Afro-American culture. According to Robert Stepto, the quest is for freedom and literacy, freedom as an end to slavery and literacy as the ability to read, write, and indeed to interpret cultural signs. For those Afro-Americans attuned to their culture this symbolic meaning manifests a collective significance for Afro-American cultural symbols. It is these whom Harris considers truly literate. He extends his concept of freedom to knowledge of the many options available in the reservoir of Afro-American history. This freedom is knowledge of racial memory, and one’s awareness of this racial memory and its effect upon individuals in confrontational situations determines one’s degree of literacy. It is these definitions of freedom and literacy and the Afro-American quest for them that Harris applies in his analysis of literature set against the historical backdrop of Civil Rights, Black Power, and Vietnam. This study of American social history under the illuminating ray of the novels rising out of the black struggle for freedom and literacy offers valuable insights and new interpretations for a pivotal time in the United States. Powells Books The Worlds Largest Independent Bookstore Powell's Blog Original Essays Uncomfortable Spaces; Or Why Would You Write About That? by Steven Church A couple of years ago as I was working on the initial drafts ... SimplyScripts - Original Drama Scripts Unproduced Scripts ... Movie scripts Movie screenplays Original Unproduced Scripts. A showcase of original scripts from the hottest writers on the 'net. Connect with EarthLink the award-winning Internet service ... Save on EarthLink's award-winning Internet services for your home: dial-up DSL high-speed cable & more. Plus web hosting & software. Connect with us! Le Live Marseille : aller dans les plus grandes soires ... Retrouvez toutes les discothque Marseille et se retrouver dans les plus grandes soires en discothque Marseille. Columbia University - Discover the Networks Columbia University columbia.edu/ Academic Freedom Policy 2000 Commencment Speakers. Institute for Research in African-American Studies Loot.co.za: Sitemap 9788466634359 8466634355 Intuicin Sandra Brown Eduardo Iriarte Goni 9781891792458 1891792458 Minding the Gap - Why Integrating High School with College Makes Sense ... Course Descriptions - Paul Smith College Course Descriptions. Some courses listed in this catalog have a designation indicating the marking period (normally the semester) when offered. These designations are ... Album Reviews - Sandy Brown Jazz Sandy Brown Jazz Album Reviews [The links on this page were correct when the item was included - please contact us if you find that any of them are no longer working] A Story Collected by Djian - understories Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Ivy League Sluts by HarryBerg (HarryBerg01 (at) aol (dot) com) Chapter 37 Mistress Scylla
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