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James Baldwin : Challenging Authors
Bok av A. Scott. Henderson
The recognition and study of African American (AA) artists and public intellectuals
often include Martin Luther King, Jr., and occasionally Booker T. Washington, W.E.B.
DuBois, and Malcolm X. The literary canon also adds Ralph Ellison, Richard White,
Langston Hughes, and others such as female writers Zora Neale Hurston, Maya
Angelou, and Alice Walker.
Yet, the acknowledgement of AA artists and public intellectuals tends to skew
the voices and works of those included toward normalized portrayals that fi t well
within foundational aspects of the American myths refl ected in and perpetuated
by traditional schooling. Further, while many AA artists and public intellectuals
are distorted by mainstream media, public and political characterizations, and the
curriculum, several powerful AA voices are simply omitted, ignored, including James
Baldwin.
This edited volume gathers a collection of essays from a wide range of perspectives
that confront Baldwin's impressive and challenging canon as well as his role as a
public intellectual. Contributors also explore Baldwin as a confrontational voice
during his life and as an enduring call for justice.