Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man Paperback - 1998
by Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
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What does it mean to be black and male in 20th-century America? The notion of the unitary "black man" is as illusory as the creature conjured up by Wallace Stevens in his poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird", says Gates. With these eight essays--most of which appeared originally in "The New Yorker"--the chair of Harvard's Afro-American Studies department takes a close look at some of the most extraordinary figures of our time.
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- Title Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man
- Author Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, New York
- Date February 3, 1998
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4948558-6
- ISBN 9780679776666 / 0679776664
- Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 5.18 x 0.57 in (20.22 x 13.16 x 1.45 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Sex & Gender: Masculine
- Library of Congress subjects African American men
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96033138
- Dewey Decimal Code 920.710
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James Baldwin, Colin Powell, Harry Belafonte, Bill T. Jones, Louis Farrakhan, Anatole Broyard, Albert Murray -- all these men came from modest circumstances and all achieved preeminence. They are people, Gates writes, "who have shaped the world as much as they were shaped by it, who gave as good as they got." Three are writers -- James Baldwin, who was once regarded as the intellectual spokesman for the black community; Anatole Broyard, who chose to hide his black heritage so as to be seen as a writer on his own terms; and Albert Murray, who rose to the pinnacle of literary criticism. There is the general-turned-political-figure Colin Powell, who discusses his interactions with three United States presidents; there is Harry Belafonte, the entertainer whose career has been distinct from his fervent activism; there is Bill T. Jones, dancer and choreographer, whose fierce courage and creativity have continued in the shadow of AIDS; and there is Louis Farrakhan, the controversial religious leader.
These men and others speak of their lives with candor and intimacy, and what emerges from this portfolio of influential men is a strikingly varied and profound set of ideas about what it means to be a black man in America today.
"From the Hardcover edition.
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Citations
- Booklist, 02/15/1998, Page 978
- New York Times, 04/26/1998, Page 36
