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The white image in the Black mind : a study of African American literature
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The white image in the Black mind : a study of African American literature

Author: Jane Davis
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
Series: Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 194.
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Davis explores the literary culture of black authors, including how they perceive white people, identifying ways in which blacks interpret whites' perception of black culture, and discussing African-American literary themes from historical and contemporary perspectives. Understanding the white image in the black mind is paramount. Overall she seeks to answer the question: What is a white person? Why does it matter?
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Davis, Jane, 1954-
White image in the Black mind.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000
(OCoLC)606510958
Online version:
Davis, Jane, 1954-
White image in the Black mind.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000
(OCoLC)609734073
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jane Davis
ISBN: 0313304645 9780313304644
OCLC Number: 41606300
Description: xx, 161 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The White Image in the Black Mind --
White Types in Black Lives --
Lynching Gyneolatry --
The White Problem in Today's America --
A Dirty Rag in White People's Hands: The White Image Deep Inside the Black Mind --
What Is a White Person?.
Series Title: Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 194.
Responsibility: Jane Davis.

Abstract:

Davis explores the literary culture of black authors, including how they perceive white people, identifying ways in which blacks interpret whites' perception of black culture, and discussing African-American literary themes from historical and contemporary perspectives. Understanding the white image in the black mind is paramount. Overall she seeks to answer the question: What is a white person? Why does it matter?

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