The White Image in the Black Mind: A Study of African American Literature
- ISBN-10
- 0313304645
- ISBN-13
- 9780313304644
- Category
- Literary Criticism / General
- Pages
- 161
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Praeger
- Author
- Jane Davis
Description
Davis argues that African American authors have established a tradition of recurring images of whites in their literature and that they use these images to critique white racism. The book constructs a typology of white images in the black imagination. These images include such stereotypes as the overt bigot, the hypocrite, the liberal, and the good-hearted weakling. While black authors often explicitly reveal the racism of the overt bigot, Davis shows that black writers are much more subtle in their expositions of other forms of bigotry. The volume provides extensive discussions of such writers as Charles Chesnutt, Richard Wright, and James Baldwin and surveys a number of other African American authors.
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