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For Black writers, what is tradition? What does it mean to them that Western humanism has excluded Black culture? Seven noted Black writers and critics take up these and other questions in this collection of original essays, attempting to redefine humanism from a Black perspective, to free it from ethnocentrism, and to enlarge its cultural base.
Contributors: Richard K. Barksdale, Alice Childress, Chester J. Fontenot, Michael S. Harper, Trudier Harris, George E. Kent, R. Baxter Miller
R. Baxter Miller is associate professor of English at the University of Tennessee.
"A milestone in the scholarship on Afro-American letters."—South Atlantic Review
"An important statement about Black American Literature today. Black writers challenge many of the assumptions of Westerns humanism, and critics must be cognizant of their challenge."—Robert Hemenway
Publication Date
1981
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Place of Publication
Lexington, KY
ISBN
9780813114361
eISBN
9780813158662
Keywords
African American authors, Humanism, American literature
Disciplines
African American Studies
Recommended Citation
Miller, R. Baxter, "Black American Literature and Humanism" (1981). African American Studies. 28.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_african_american_studies/28
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