The Omni-Americans 9781598536539, 1598536539

Rediscover the "most important book on black-white relationships" in America in a special 50th anniversary edi

236 62 537KB

English Year 2019

Table of contents :
Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Introduction
Part I | THE OMNI-AMERICANS
The Omni-Americans
A Natural History: E Pluribus Unum
White Norms for Black Deviation
Paleface Fables, Brownskin People
The Blues Idiom and the Mainstream
Part II | THE ILLUSIVE BLACK IMAGE
Introduction
Image and Unlikeness in Harlem
Oneupmanship in Colorful America
The Illusive Black Middle Class
Two Case Histories
Claude Brown’s Soul for White Folks
Gordon Parks Out of Focus
Who That Say, What Dat, Every Time Us Do That?
A Clutch of Social Science Fiction Fiction
Star-Crossed Melodrama
Warren Miller and His Black Face Vaudeville
William Styron and His Troublesome Property
James Baldwin, Protest Fiction, and the Blues Tradition
Part III | GETTING IT TOGETHER
Identity, Diversity, and the Mainstream
A Short History of Black Self-Consciousness
The Role of the Pre-American Past
Black Pride in Mobile, Alabama
Black Studies and the Aims of Education
Epilogue | SITUATION NORMAL: ALL FOULED UP

The Omni-Americans
9781598536539, 1598536539

Author / Uploaded
Albert Murray

0 0 0
Like this paper and download? You can publish your own PDF file online for free in a few minutes! Sign Up

Recommend Papers

The Horsemen of the Steppes The Story of the Cossacks

121 46 33MB Read more

The Source: The Secrets of the Universe, the Science of the Brain 9780062935731, 9780062935755, 0062935739

For the first time, a Neuroscientist and Senior Lecturer at MIT reveals the surprising science that supports The Law of

113 46 Read more

The Relations of the People of the United States to the English and the Germans

587 28 2MB Read more

Terminations: The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead 9780812291193

Long been considered one of the literary giants of his age, Henry James is an exquisite stylist who questioned the mores

122 100 7MB Read more

The Rule of the Templars: The French Text of the Rule of the Order of the Knights Templar 0851153151, 0851157011

Both monastic rule and military manual, the Rule is a unique document and an important historical source. The Order of

117 11 13MB Read more

The Turkish empire - the sultans, the territory, and the people

615 96 22MB Read more

The Failure of the

Henry Hazlitt did the seemingly impossible — something that was and is a magnificent service to all people everywhere. H

761 77 3MB Read more

The Criminal the Community

215 8 261KB Read more

The Athenian institution of the Khoregia : the chorus, the city, and the stage 9780521550703, 052155070X

An enhanced scan (with OCR) of Peter Wilson's 2000 work. This book is the first major study of the means by which

190 22 151MB Read more

The Paper Chase - The Printer, the Spymaster, and the Hunt for the Rebel Pamphleteers 9781473568785

An adventure story of politics, philosophy and printing from the age of Queen Anne In the summer of 1705, a masked wom

540 91 685KB Read more