The Souls of White Folk: African American Writers Theorize Whiteness

by Veronica T Watson and Veronica T. Watson

Book Overview

The Souls of White Folk: African American Writers Theorize Whiteness is the first study to consider the substantial body of African American writing that critiques whiteness as social construction and racial identity. Arguing against the prevailing approach to these texts that says African American writers retreated from issues of "race" when they wrote about whiteness, Veronica T. Watson instead identifies this body of literature as an African...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496802454
• ISBN13: 9781496802453
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"