Blackness and value : seeing double /

Barrett, Lindon, 1961-

Blackness and value : seeing double / Lindon Barrett. - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. - xii, 272 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [116] .

Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-267) and index.

0521621038 (hardback)

97052757


Petry, Ann, 1908-1997 --Political and social views.


American literature--African American authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Literature and society--History--United States--20th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
Violence--Social aspects--United States.
Race--Social aspects--United States.
African Americans in literature.
Social values--United States.
Violence in literature.
Racism--United States.
Race in literature.
Duality (Logic)


United States--Race relations.

PS153.N5 / B296 1999

810.9/896073