The Tragic Black Buck: Racial Masquerading in the American Literary Imagination, Second Edition: 1 (African-American Literature and Culture: Expanding and Exploding the Boundaries) - Softcover

Thompson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1433176807 ISBN 13: 9781433176807

Publisher: Peter Lang, 2020

Synopsis

The new edition of The Tragic Black Buck: Racial Masquerading in the American Literary Imagination offers a fresh perspective on this trail blazing scholarship, and the singular importance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby as a challenge to the racial hegemony of biological white supremacy. Fitzgerald convincinglyand boldly shows how racial passing by light-skinned Black individuals becomes the most fascinating literary trope associated with democracy and the enduring desire for the American Dream.

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About the Author

Carlyle Van Thompson is Professor of African American Literature and American Literature at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York. He received his Ph.D. in English and comparative literature from Columbia University. Thompson is the former Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Education at Medgar Evers College and former Series Editor at Peter Lang Publishers Inc. As the author of three scholarly books, sixteen edited books, and numerous scholarly articles on Richard Wright, Nella Larsen, Ernest J. Gaines, Abner Louima, Toni Morrison, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, Thompson’s current scholarship focuses on the challenges of young Black males in academia. Thompson lives in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433176807
• ISBN 13: 9781433176807
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 256