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- Title
"Black Is... Black Ain't": Ralph Ellison's Meta-Black Aesthetic and the "End" of African American Literature.
- Authors
Hayman, Casey
- Abstract
The article talks about author Ralph Ellison's novel "Invisible Man" and the significance of the African American literature. He refers to the recent crimes against blacks including deaths of Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice. Topics include rising race discrimination in the U.S., Black Lives Matter social movement to fight racism, and role of black music in Ellison's novel.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ELLISON, Ralph, 1914-1994; INVISIBLE Man (Book : Ellison); AFRICAN American literature; BROWN, Michael, 1996-2014; RICE, Tamir, d. 2014; BLACK people; RACE discrimination; BLACK Lives Matter movement; CRIMES against African Americans
- Publication
American Studies (00263079), 2015, Vol 54, Issue 3, p127
- ISSN
0026-3079
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ams.2015.0100