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

• Autore: Hall Calvin L. <1964->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (146 p.)
• Disciplina: 070.92/396073
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: African American journalists
• ISBN: 1-282-52128-4; 9786612521287; 0-8108-6931-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816357203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II