Title The Blackademic life : academic fiction, higher education, and the Black intellectual / Lavelle Porter

Published Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction: Blackademic lives matter -- The overeducation of the Negro: on reading black academic fiction -- Educating and uplifting the race, 1876-1919 -- The new Negro, 1919-1954 -- Integration and nationalism, 1954-1980 -- Culture wars and capitalism, 1980-present -- Conclusion: Blackademics on-screen Summary This book critically examines academic fictions produced by black writers. The author evaluates academic literature as a space for Black writers to produce counternarratives that celebrate the potentials of Black intelligence and argue for the importance of Black higher education, particularly in the humanistic tradition. Beginning from an examination of W.E.B. Dubois's creative writing as the source of the first Black academic novels, the author looks at the fictional representations of Black intellectual life and the expectations that are placed on them to be racial representatives and spokespersons, whether or not they ever intended to be. The final chapter examines blackademics on stage and screen, including the 2014 academic film "Dear White People" and the law professor Viola Davis on the TV show "How to Get Away with Murder."--Description provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2019) Subject Education, Higher, in literature. Universities and colleges in literature. College stories, American -- History and criticism College teachers in literature. American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism American fiction American fiction -- African American authors College stories, American College teachers in literature Education, Higher, in literature Universities and colleges in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780810141018 0810141019

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