Loose canons : notes on the culture wars / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Author/creator Gates, Henry Louis
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, ©1992.
Descriptionxix, 199 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism. --Theory, etc.
American literature--Study and teaching (Higher).
Literature and society--United States.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
Race in literature.
Canon (Literature)

Contents Canon confidential: a Sam Slade caper -- The master's pieces: on canon formation and the African-American tradition -- Writing, "Race" and the difference it makes -- Talking black: critical signs of the times -- "Tell me, sir,...what IS "black" literature?" -- Integrating the American mind -- African-American studies in the 21st century -- "What's in a name?" Some meanings of blackness -- The big picture -- Trading on the margin: notes on the culture of criticism.
Local noteLittle-285359--305130047250U
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 91035988
ISBN0195075196 (alk. paper)