03178nam 2200637 a 450 991077819120332120230721022342.01-282-52128-497866125212870-8108-6931-4(CKB)1000000000786530(EBL)466950(OCoLC)434052418(SSID)ssj0000099750(PQKBManifestationID)11981390(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099750(PQKBWorkID)10019967(PQKB)11737047(MiAaPQ)EBC466950(Au-PeEL)EBL466950(CaPaEBR)ebr10362670(CaONFJC)MIL252128(EXLCZ)99100000000078653020090220d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican American journalists[electronic resource] autobiography as memoir and manifesto /Calvin L. HallLanham, Md. Scarecrow Press20091 online resource (146 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-6930-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.American prose literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAfrican American authorsBiographyHistory and criticismAfrican American journalistsBiographyHistory and criticismAutobiographyAfrican American authorsAfrican American authorsIntellectual lifeAmerican prose literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.African American authorsHistory and criticism.African American journalistsHistory and criticism.AutobiographyAfrican American authors.African American authorsIntellectual life.070.92/396073Hall Calvin L.1964-1474230MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778191203321African American journalists3687787UNINA