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Racist Traces and Other Writing: European Pedigrees/ African Contagions (Language, Discourse, Society)
James A. Snead
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Description for Racist Traces and Other Writing: European Pedigrees/ African Contagions (Language, Discourse, Society)
Hardcover. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 401.
This volume is a selection of significant and previously unpublished essays and short stories by the influential critic of German and American literature and popular culture, James A. Snead. The volume contains innovative essays and notes about African American popular culture, literary criticism and five pieces of short fiction. Published posthumously, the volume attests to Snead's unique intellectual commitment to a critical engagement with the interconnections between European and African American cultural formations.
This volume is a selection of significant and previously unpublished essays and short stories by the influential critic of German and American literature and popular culture, James A. Snead. The volume contains innovative essays and notes about African American popular culture, literary criticism and five pieces of short fiction. Published posthumously, the volume attests to Snead's unique intellectual commitment to a critical engagement with the interconnections between European and African American cultural formations.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Series
Language, Discourse, Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403911834
SKU
V9781403911834
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About James A. Snead
JAMES SNEAD was Assistant Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of Figures of Division: William Faulkner's Major Novels and White Screens, Black Images: Hollywood from the Dark Side. He died in 1989. KARA KEELING is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. COLIN MacCABE is a Distinguished ... Read more
Reviews for Racist Traces and Other Writing: European Pedigrees/ African Contagions (Language, Discourse, Society)
'This long awaited book is a gem - yet still a small part of the huge corpus of the life of James Snead. He stands among the most important American intellectuals in the late 20th Century.' - Cornel West, Professor of Afro-American Studies, Princeton, USA