The Art of the Black Essay (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415935746)

The Art of the Black Essay unveils the power of the African American essay to bring about a meditative shift in the minds of readers, to catapult them beyond racial ideology - by immersing them in it - and to elicit in them, ultimately, democratic change. This title outlines the specific tools of the trade, literary techniques through which the democratization process works: the uncanny, meditative moment of transcendency. This title also describes a psychological journey experienced by the essayist him/herself. Essay writing or life-writing is the vehicle to release the pull of ideology - the root of the "hierarchy of race" idea. In this book, the author makes a clear distinction between race as biology and race as ideology in order to align race with the culture, values, traditions and art of a people. The Art of the Black Essay shows how African American essayists have transcended the pull of two cultural identities and achieved democratic change.

Author: Cheryl Butler
ISBN-10: 0415935741
ISBN-13: 9780415935746
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/13/2002
Pages: 166
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.63d