Title Black pulp : genre fiction in the shadow of Jim Crow / Brooks E. Hefner

Published Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Signifying Genre, Articulating Race -- Chapter 1. Beneath the Harlem Renaissance: The Rise of Black Popular Fiction -- Chapter 2. Romancing the Race: The Politics of Black Love Stories -- Chapter 3. News from Elsewhere: Speculative Fiction in the Black Press -- Chapter 4. Battling White Supremacy: A Prehistory of the Black Superhero -- Conclusion: Writing New Histories -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author Summary "A deep dive into mid-century African American newspapers, exploring how Black pulp fiction reassembled genre formulas in the service of racial justice"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 04, 2022) Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism African American newspapers -- History -- 20th century Pulp literature, American -- History and criticism African Americans in literature. African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Racism -- United States LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American African American newspapers African Americans in literature African Americans -- Intellectual life American fiction American fiction -- African American authors Pulp literature, American Racism United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021023218 ISBN 145296677X 9781452966786 1452966788 9781452966779

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