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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816357203321

Autore

Hall Calvin L. <1964->

Titolo

African American journalists [[electronic resource] ] : autobiography as memoir and manifesto / / Calvin L. Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-52128-4

9786612521287

0-8108-6931-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Disciplina

070.92/396073

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.