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Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the Racial Self Paperback - 1989
by Henry Louis Gates
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- Title Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the Racial Self
- Author Henry Louis Gates
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY
- Date 1989-11-30
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780195060744_pod
- ISBN 9780195060744 / 0195060741
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 8.43 x 5.73 x 0.84 in (21.41 x 14.55 x 2.13 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86021782
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.9
First line
Samuel Johnson wrote that much that appears foolish in human behavior can be traced to one cause: the failure to imitate those we least resemble.
From the rear cover
This insightful book, written by a leading scholar in African-American studies, attacks the notion of African-American literature as a kind of social realism. Insisting, instead, that critics focus on the most repressed element of African-American criticism- the language of the text--Henry Louis Gates, Jr. advocates the use of a close, methodical analysis of language, made possible by modern literary theory.