03658nam 2200769 450 991046328900332120200520144314.00-8265-1928-8(CKB)3170000000060657(EBL)3040147(SSID)ssj0000984961(PQKBManifestationID)11615702(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000984961(PQKBWorkID)11030296(PQKB)10310528(MiAaPQ)EBC3040147(OCoLC)857769856(MdBmJHUP)muse24619(Au-PeEL)EBL3040147(CaPaEBR)ebr10757162(CaONFJC)MIL515386(EXLCZ)99317000000006065720120921h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReckoning day race, place, and the atom bomb in postwar America /Jacqueline FoertschNashville :Vanderbilt University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8265-1926-1 Includes bibliographical references and index."Extraordinarily Convenient Neighbors" : Servant-Savior-Savants in White-Authored Post-Nuclear Novels -- "Tomorrow's Children" : Interracial Conflict and Resolution in Atomic-Era Science Fiction and Afro-Futurism -- Sidebar : Covering the Bomb in the African American Press -- Against the "Starless Midnight of Racism and War" : African American Intellectuals and the Anti-Nuclear Agenda -- Last Man Standing : Sex and Survival in the Interracial Apocalyptic -- Conclusion: "Don't Drop It, Stop It, Bebop It" : Some Final Notes on Race, Place, and the Atom Bomb in Postwar America."Tells the story of African Americans' response to the atomic threat in the postwar period. Examines the anti-nuclear writing and activism of figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Lorraine Hansberry as well as the placement of black characters in white-authored doomsday fiction and nonfiction"--Provided by publisher.African AmericansPolitics and government20th centuryAtomic bombSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAntinuclear movementUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansIntellectual life20th centuryAfrican American political activistsBiographyAfrican American intellectualsBiographyAtomic bomb in literatureRace relations in literatureAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismElectronic books.African AmericansPolitics and governmentAtomic bombSocial aspectsHistoryAntinuclear movementHistoryAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican American political activistsAfrican American intellectualsAtomic bomb in literature.Race relations in literature.American literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureHistory and criticism.323.1196/073Foertsch Jacqueline1964-884808MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463289003321Reckoning day1975743UNINA03655nam 2200769 450 991081613740332120230126211406.00-8265-0286-50-8265-1928-8(CKB)3170000000060657(EBL)3040147(SSID)ssj0000984961(PQKBManifestationID)11615702(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000984961(PQKBWorkID)11030296(PQKB)10310528(MiAaPQ)EBC3040147(OCoLC)857769856(MdBmJHUP)muse24619(Au-PeEL)EBL3040147(CaPaEBR)ebr10757162(CaONFJC)MIL515386(EXLCZ)99317000000006065720120921h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReckoning day race, place, and the atom bomb in postwar America /Jacqueline FoertschNashville :Vanderbilt University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8265-1926-1 Includes bibliographical references and index."Extraordinarily Convenient Neighbors" : Servant-Savior-Savants in White-Authored Post-Nuclear Novels -- "Tomorrow's Children" : Interracial Conflict and Resolution in Atomic-Era Science Fiction and Afro-Futurism -- Sidebar : Covering the Bomb in the African American Press -- Against the "Starless Midnight of Racism and War" : African American Intellectuals and the Anti-Nuclear Agenda -- Last Man Standing : Sex and Survival in the Interracial Apocalyptic -- Conclusion: "Don't Drop It, Stop It, Bebop It" : Some Final Notes on Race, Place, and the Atom Bomb in Postwar America."Tells the story of African Americans' response to the atomic threat in the postwar period. Examines the anti-nuclear writing and activism of figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Lorraine Hansberry as well as the placement of black characters in white-authored doomsday fiction and nonfiction"--Provided by publisher.African AmericansPolitics and government20th centuryAtomic bombSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAntinuclear movementUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansIntellectual life20th centuryAfrican American political activistsBiographyAfrican American intellectualsBiographyAtomic bomb in literatureRace relations in literatureAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismAfrican AmericansPolitics and governmentAtomic bombSocial aspectsHistoryAntinuclear movementHistoryAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican American political activistsAfrican American intellectualsAtomic bomb in literature.Race relations in literature.American literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureHistory and criticism.323.1196/073Foertsch Jacqueline1964-1673832MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816137403321Reckoning day4127641UNINA