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The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger

The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger( )
Author: Brown, Cecil
Introduction by: Gates, Henry Louis
ISBN:978-1-58394-210-9
Publication Date:Jul 2008
Publisher:North Atlantic Books
Imprint:Frog Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $15.95
Book Description:

“If you're black you don't need to get at anything. You're already there. You can live right out of your insides.” So says the antihero of this legendary novel that reimagines the Bible’s prodigal son as a young black man in post-Civil Rights-era America. George Washington—one of his many aliases—is a classic trickster figure, a blend of con artist, deep thinker, and willing object of white women’s sexual fantasies. Fed up with life in racist...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Fiction / African American & Black / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.931 x 0.702 Inches
Book Weight:0.799 Pounds
Author Biography
Brown, Cecil (Author)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was born on September 16, 1950, in Keyser, West Virginia. He received a degree in history from Yale University in 1973 and a Ph.D. from Clare College, which is part of the University of Cambridge in 1979. He is a leading scholar of African-American literature, history, and culture. He began working on the Black Periodical Literature Project, which uncovered lost literary works published in 1800s. He rediscovered what is believed to be the first novel published by an African-American in the United States. He republished the 1859 work by Harriet E. Wilson, entitled Our Nig, in 1983.

He has written numerous books including Colored People: A Memoir, A Chronology of African-American History, The Future of the Race, Black Literature and Literary Theory, and The Signifying Monkey: Towards a Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism. In 1991, he became the head of the African-American studies department at Harvard University. He is now the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at the university.

He wrote and produced several documentaries including Wonders of the African World, America Beyond the Color Line, and African American Lives. He has also hosted PBS programs such as Wonders of the African World, Black in Latin America, and Finding Your Roots.

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