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UNINA9910816357203321 |
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Autore |
Hall Calvin L. <1964-> |
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Titolo |
African American journalists [[electronic resource] ] : autobiography as memoir and manifesto / / Calvin L. Hall |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-52128-4 |
9786612521287 |
0-8108-6931-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (146 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American prose literature - African American authors - History and criticism |
African American authors - History and criticism |
African American journalists - History and criticism |
Autobiography - African American authors |
African American authors - Intellectual life |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: "unexamined lives" : the study of African American journalism autobiography -- Journalism : memory, history, and context -- Form, function, and the public sphere in Jill Nelson's Volunteer slavery -- Volunteer slavery and the speech aspects of the autobiographical manifesto -- Surveillance and performance in Nathan McCall's Makes me wanna holler -- Jake Lamar, Patricia Raybon, and the autobiographical manifesto form -- Memoir and the African American newsroom experience : themes and considerations -- Conclusion: the synergy between race, class, gender, and profession in African American journalists' autobiographies. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this book Calvin L. Hall examines select autobiographies written by African American journalists_Jill Nelson's Volunteer Slavery, Nathan McCall's Makes Me Wanna Holler, Jake Lamar's Bourgeois Blues, and Patricia Raybon's My First White Friend_in order to explore the relationship between race, class, gender, and journalism practice. |
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