02314nam 2200553 a 450 991078130940332120230725050536.01-84964-590-6(CKB)2550000000039490(SSID)ssj0000525357(PQKBManifestationID)11327048(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525357(PQKBWorkID)10488377(PQKB)11697963(MiAaPQ)EBC3386363(Au-PeEL)EBL3386363(CaPaEBR)ebr10479906(CaONFJC)MIL987677(OCoLC)742574380(EXLCZ)99255000000003949020110714d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRewriting Exodus[electronic resource] American futures from Du Bois to Obama /Anna HartnellLondon Pluto Press ;New York Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan2011xii, 283 pDecolonial studies, postcolonial horizonsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-2955-1 0-7453-2956-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Re-reading America : Barack Obama -- Double consciousness and the master/slave dialectic : W.E.B. Du Bois -- Excavating the promised land : Martin Luther King -- Reclaiming 'Egypt' : Malcolm X -- Transcending the nation : Toni Morrison's Paradise -- Conclusion : Exodus and return in post-Katrina New Orleans.Traces the concept of Exodus as a powerful narrative of liberation for pivotal black thinkers and explores its significance for contemporary America. Suggests new ways of thinking about America's relationship with race, the Middle East, and the wider postcolonial world.Decolonial studies, postcolonial horizons.African AmericansIntellectual lifeUnited StatesRace relationsHistoryAfrican AmericansIntellectual life.973/.0496073Hartnell Anna1137750MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781309403321Rewriting Exodus3672395UNINA