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“Davis tackles the politics of white ideology to provide an essential component for racial discourse in the humanities....Davis is to be commended for her sensitive treatment of subjects such as the transformation of white women into weapons against black males. Most notable is Davis's deconstruction of the seemingly impalpable politics of denial, and her analysis of the `acceptable African America,' which moves from the (white) stigma of Uncle Tom to connect with the `model minority' syndrome in the Asian American experience.”–
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Davis argues that African American authors have established a tradition of recurring images of whites in their literature and that they use these images to critique white racism. The book constructs a typology of white images in the black imagination. These images include such stereotypes as the overt bigot, the hypocrite, the liberal, and the good-hearted weakling. While black authors often explicitly reveal the racism of the overt bigot, Davis shows that black writers are much more subtle in their expositions of other forms of bigotry. The volume provides extensive discussions of such writers as Charles Chesnutt, Richard Wright, and James Baldwin and surveys a number of other African American authors.
The White Image in the Black Mind: A Study of African American Literature (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies)
The White Image in the Black Mind: A Study of African American Literature (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies),Jane Davis,Greenwood Press,0313304645,African American Literature,African American authors,African Americans,African Americans in literature,American - African American & Black,American - General,American literature,History and criticism,Intellectual life,Literary Criticism,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics,Literary Criticism & Collections / American
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