Conditions of the Present: Selected Essays

by Lindon Barrett

Book Overview

Conditions of the Present collects essays by the late Lindon Barrett, whose scholarship centers African American literature as a site from which to theorize race and liberation in the United States. Barrett confronts critical blind spots within both academic and popular discourse, offering readings of cultural and literary texts that transcend institutional divides and the gulf between academia and the street. Whether analyzing autobiographies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822370514
• ISBN13: 9780822370512
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"