{"product_id":"white-writers-race-matters-gregory-s-jay-9780190687229","title":"White Writers, Race Matters: Fictions of Racial Liberalism from Stowe to Stockett","description":"What explains the enduring popularity of white-authored protest fiction about racism in America? How have such books spoken to the racial crises of their time, and why do they remain important in our own era? \u003cem\u003eWhite Writers, Race Matters\u003c\/em\u003e explores these questions and the controversies they raise by tracking this tradition in American literary history. Dating back to\u003cem\u003e Uncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/em\u003e, the genre includes widely-read and taught works such as \u003cem\u003eHuckleberry Finn \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e To Kill a Mockingbird \u003c\/em\u003ealong with period best-sellers now sometimes forgotten. This history also takes us to Hollywood, which regularly adapted them into blockbusters that spread their cultural influence further as well as incited debates over their politics. These novels strive to move readers emotionally toward ethical transformation and practical action. Their literary forms, styles and plots derive from the cultural work they intend to do in educating the minds and hearts of those who, in James Baldwin's words, \"think they are white\"--indeed, in making the social construction of that whiteness readable and thus more susceptible to reform. Each chapter provides a case study combining biography, historical analysis, close reading, and literary theory to map the significance of this genre and its ongoing relevance. This tradition remains vital because every generation must relearn the lessons of antiracism and formulate effective cultural narratives for transmitting intellectual and affective tools useful in fighting injustice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory S. Jay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190687223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190687229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford Univ PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018","brand":"Gregory S. Jay","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47202621227263,"sku":"9780190687229","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54362464-9bb6-4ef4-a217-efbdc8698530.jpg?v=1756832903","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/white-writers-race-matters-gregory-s-jay-9780190687229","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}