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 | | Black Novelist as White Racist: The Myth of Black Inferiority in the Novels of Oscar Micheaux (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) by Joseph A. Young ISBN-10: 9780313257490 ISBN-10: 0-313-25749-3 ISBN-13: 9780313257490 ISBN-13: 978-0-313-25749-0 Hardcover 1989-08-07 Greenwood Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description In exceptionally close analyses of six novels by black writer Oscar Micheaux, Young traces the development of Micheaux's racial theories and of his stance as apologist for American imperialism. Young argues that these novels are examples of the detrimental effect of oppressive myths on early 20th-century black behavior and values. The characters in the novels tend to mirror the black stereotypes of the post-bellum confederate romanticists, both the "Cavalier racists" and the "Negrophobes." Adopting the world view of the oppressor required that Micheaux reject both his own blackness and that of his racial kinsmen. | ||
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black novelist as white racist Joseph Young has done a thorough study of extant writings of Oscar Micheau. His research goes to time of micheau's birth to his death. It is accurate in its depiction because it goes to what Mr. micheau has written down on paper-in the form of a number of Novels,what he did as a moviemaker has already been explored by others but this book should be read before a review of his films because they provide a context as to who the man micheau is and how he felt about black people as a whole. Apparently Mr. Micheau believed in the inferiority of Black people and the superiority of caucasions because his Novels stess the points over and over. Mr. Micheau was of limited understanding and his interpretation of black people would be detrimental to other black people of limited learning,if they read his literature. Mr. Young did his job in an unbiased manner | ||
The Myth of Black Inferiority in the Novels of Oscar Micheau How was the African American students affected by a "Myth of Inferiority? Did he agree or disagree? Why or why not? | ||