LEADER 02579nam 2200577 450 001 9910790556003321 005 20230803021658.0 010 $a0-8139-3527-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001118290 035 $a(OCoLC)858652532 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10765045 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001000105 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11625618 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000105 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10951182 035 $a(PQKB)10162901 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444132 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27796 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444132 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10765045 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL518630 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001118290 100 $a20130417d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExodus politics $ecivil rights and leadership in African American literature and culture /$fRobert J. Patterson 210 1$aCharlottesville :$cUniversity of Virginia Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8139-3525-3 311 $a1-299-87379-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Gendered contexts: civil rights, leadership, exodus politics, and African American literature -- Is he the one?: the politics of gender and gender politics: civil rights activism and leadership in Ernest Gaines' The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman -- The refusal of Christ to accept crucifixion: bridge leadership refutes the paradoxes of exodus politics in Alice Walker's Meridian -- The important thing is making generations: reconsidering reproduction and blues performances as forms of civil rights leadership in Gayl Jones' Corregidora -- We all killed him the limits of (formal) leadership and civil rights legislation in Charles Johnson's Dreamer -- Epilogue: Is there life after exodus politics?. 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCivil rights in literature 606 $aLeadership in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCivil rights in literature. 615 0$aLeadership in literature. 676 $a810.9/896073 700 $aPatterson$b Robert J.$f1980-$01524289 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790556003321 996 $aExodus politics$93844827 997 $aUNINA