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African American writers have created a rich literature that reflects their experiences and achievements. In many instances, whites figure prominently in these works, frequently portrayed as oppressors. Through a careful examination of works by black writers, Davis constructs a typology of white images in the African American imagination. The book argues that these images repeatedly occur in works by black writers. Some of these stereotypes include the overt bigot, the hypocrite, the liberal, and the good-hearted weakling. While black writers are often explicit in representing the racism of the overt bigot, Davis notes that African American literary works are much more complex in their exposition of the hidden forms of bigotry manifested by covert white racists. The volume suggests that black authors believe that racism is not merely a form of thought or behavior, but a manifestation of identity. While Davis gives detailed attention to the works of Charles Chesnutt, James Baldwin, and Richard Wright, she also looks at several other black writers and examines discussions of whites in contemporary critiques of race by such authors as Derrick Bell and Ellis Cose.

Sociology of minorities --- American literature --- Whites in literature --- Race in literature --- Littérature américaine --- Blancs dans la littérature --- Race dans la littérature --- African American authors --- History and criticism --- Auteurs noirs américains --- Histoire et critique --- Littérature américaine --- Blancs dans la littérature --- Race dans la littérature --- Auteurs noirs américains --- White people in literature. --- Blancs --- RACE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- Dans la littérature

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This book engages cosmopolitanism—a critical mode which moves beyond cultural pluralism by simultaneously privileging difference and commonality—in order to examine its particular deployment in the work of several African American writers. Deeply influenced and inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois, the writers closely examined in this study—Jean Toomer, Jessie Fauset, Langston Hughes and Albert Murray—have advanced cosmopolitanism to meet its own theoretical principals in the contested arena of racial discourse while remaining integral figures in a larger tradition of cosmopolitan thought. Rather than become mired in fixed categorical distinctions, their cosmopolitan perspective values the pluralist belief in the distinctiveness of different cultural groups while allowing for the possibility of inter-ethnic subjectivities, intercultural affiliations and change in any given mode of identification. This study advances cosmopolitanism as a useful model for like-minded critics and intellectuals today who struggle with contemporary debates regarding multiculturalism and universalism in a rapidly, yet unevenly, globalizing world.

LITTERATURE AMERICAINE --- LITTERATURE AMERICAINE --- COSMOPOLITISME --- RACE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- ETHNICITE --- NOIRS AMERICAINS --- NOIRS DANS LA LITTERATURE --- AUTEURS NOIRS --- 20E SIECLE --- DANS LA LITTERATURE --- DANS LA LITTERATURE --- VIE INTELLECTUELLE --- LITTERATURE AMERICAINE --- LITTERATURE AMERICAINE --- COSMOPOLITISME --- RACE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- ETHNICITE --- NOIRS AMERICAINS --- NOIRS DANS LA LITTERATURE --- AUTEURS NOIRS --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- 20E SIECLE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- DANS LA LITTERATURE --- DANS LA LITTERATURE --- VIE INTELLECTUELLE --- 20E SIECLE

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LITTERATURE ANGLAISE --- LITTERATURE AMERICAINE --- REPRESENTATION (LITTERATURE) --- COMMUNICATION --- POUVOIR (SCIENCES SOCIALES) DANS LA LITTERATURE --- ANTHROPOLOGIE ET LITTERATURE --- RACE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- ETHNICITE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- POLITIQUE ET CULTURE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- CONGRES --- ASPECT POLITIQUE --- CONGRES --- CONGRES --- CONGRES --- CONGRES --- CONGRES --- LITTERATURE ANGLAISE --- LITTERATURE AMERICAINE --- REPRESENTATION (LITTERATURE) --- COMMUNICATION --- POUVOIR (SCIENCES SOCIALES) DANS LA LITTERATURE --- ANTHROPOLOGIE ET LITTERATURE --- RACE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- ETHNICITE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- POLITIQUE ET CULTURE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- CONGRES --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- CONGRES --- CONGRES --- ASPECT POLITIQUE --- CONGRES --- CONGRES --- CONGRES --- CONGRES --- CONGRES --- CONGRES

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American literature --- Thematology --- Race in literature. --- Sex in literature. --- National characteristics in literature. --- Race dans la littérature --- Sexualité dans la littérature --- Caractéristiques nationales dans la littérature --- America --- Amérique --- Literatures --- History and criticism. --- Littératures --- Histoire et critique --- Race dans la littérature --- Sexualité dans la littérature --- Caractéristiques nationales dans la littérature --- Amérique --- Littératures --- Littérature américaine --- Littérature américaine

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Race in literature --- Blacks in literature --- Race dans la littérature --- Noirs dans la littérature --- Guillén, Nicolãs, --- Césaire, Aimé --- Criticism and interpretation --- Africa --- Afrique dans la littérature --- In literature --- Blacks in literature. --- Race in literature. --- Race dans la littérature --- Noirs dans la littérature --- Guillén, Nicolás, --- Césaire, Aimé --- Afrique dans la littérature --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Black people in literature.