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Black writers, white publishers : marketplace politics in twentieth-century African American literature
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Black writers, white publishers : marketplace politics in twentieth-century African American literature

Author: John K Young
Publisher: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"In this book, John K. Young presents the first book-length application of editorial theory to African American literature. Focusing on the manuscripts, drafts, book covers, colophons, and advertisements that trace book production, Young expands upon the concept of socialized authorship and demonstrates how the study of publishing history and practice and African American literary criticism enrich each other."--BOOK  Read more...
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: John K Young
ISBN: 1578068460 9781578068463 9781604735482 1604735481
OCLC Number: 61115490
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D., Northwestern University, 1998).
Description: ix, 230 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction : real fictions of race and textuality --
Passing (on) textual history : the ends of Nella Larsen's Passing --
Black page, white copyright : the politics of print in Ishmael Reed's Mumbo jumbo --
Gwendolyn Brooks's bibliographical Blackness --
Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, and postmodern popular audiences --
Juneteenth as a textual and racial fragment --
Conclusion : race, history, and editorial ethics.
Responsibility: John K. Young.
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"In this book, John K. Young presents the first book-length application of editorial theory to African American literature. Focusing on the manuscripts, drafts, book covers, colophons, and advertisements that trace book production, Young expands upon the concept of socialized authorship and demonstrates how the study of publishing history and practice and African American literary criticism enrich each other."--BOOK JACKET.

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