| Contents |
Introduction: Toward a political history of African American literature -- The politics of early African American literature -- The culture of racial politics after slavery -- New Negro politics from reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance -- The geopolitics of African American autobiography between the world wars -- Copyright law, free speech, and the transformative value of African American literature -- The political audacity of Barack Obama's literature -- Epilogue: The politics of African American literature after Obama. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211 - 248) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011011052 |
| ISBN | 9780814743386 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0814743382 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780814743393 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0814743390 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780814743409 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0814743404 (e-book) |
