{"product_id":"the-black-press-todd-vogel-9780813530055","title":"The Black Press: New Literary and Historical Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e In a segregated society in which black scholars, writers, and artists could find few ways to reach an audience, journalism was a means of dispersing information to communities throughout the United States. The black press has offered incisive critiques of such issues as racism, identify, class, and economic injustice, but that contribution to public discourse has remained largely unrecognized until now. The original essays in this volume broaden our understanding of the \"public sphere\" and show how marginalized voices attempted to be heard in the circles of debate and dissent that existed in their day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Black Press\u003c\/i\u003e progresses chronologically from slavery to the impact and implications of the Internet to reveal how the press's content and its very form changed with evolving historical and cultural conditions in America. The first papers fought for rights for free blacks in the North. The early twentieth-century black press sought to define itself and its community amidst American modernism. Writers in the 1960s took on the task of defining revolution in that decade's ferment. It was not been until the mid-twentieth century that African American cultural study began to achieve intellectual respectability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Black Press\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the production, distribution, regulation, and reception of black journalism in order to illustrate a more textured public discourse, one that exchanges ideas not just within the black community, but also within the nation at large. The essays demonstrate that the black press redefined class, restaged race and nationhood, and reset the terms of public conversation, providing a fuller understanding of not just African American culture, but also the varied cultural battles fought throughout our country's history. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Vogel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813530059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813530055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.94w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2001 pg. 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2001 pg. 712\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2002 pg. 1578\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2005 pg. 49","brand":"Todd Vogel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926403449087,"sku":"9780813530055","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9309dc1c-c522-4564-86d8-2efcb712b488.jpg?v=1681082894","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-black-press-todd-vogel-9780813530055","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}