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Philadelphia freedoms : black American trauma, memory, and culture after King

Title
Philadelphia freedoms : black American trauma, memory, and culture after King / Michael Awkward.
Author
Awkward, Michael
Publication
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.

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Description
xi, 249 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
  • African Americans > Intellectual life
  • Collective memory in literature
  • Psychic trauma in literature
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local note
  • AUTH: U MICHIGAN. RELATES POST CIVIL RIGHTS ERA STRUGGLES TO PARTICULARS IN PHILADELPHIA.
Contents
Introduction: Keeping the past in lively memory after King: the traumatic implications of black American oppression -- 'Philadelphia did not burn': quelling riots, deferring hoop dreams in the age of the militant black athlete -- Haunted longings: nostalgic black musical formulations of masculinity and the patriarchal family -- "A 'genuinely Afro-American narrative': Sarah Phillips and the politics of black textual authenticity -- Screening the Beloved novel: on Oprah Winfrey and the protocols of adaptation -- Conclusion: No longer at home?
Call Number
Sc E 17-149
ISBN
  • 9781439907085
  • 1439907080
  • 9781439907092
  • 1439907099
LCCN
  • 2013016621
  • 40022992363
OCLC
842209212
Author
Awkward, Michael.
Title
Philadelphia freedoms : black American trauma, memory, and culture after King / Michael Awkward.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
AUTH: U MICHIGAN. RELATES POST CIVIL RIGHTS ERA STRUGGLES TO PARTICULARS IN PHILADELPHIA.
Local Subject
Black author.
Other Standard Identifier
40022992363
Research Call Number
Sc E 17-149
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